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...course, not everyone wants to get that close to their food sources. Dwarf goats in particular have been a point of contention. They smell bad and can wreak havoc if they escape, opponents say; some also worry that allowing goats will pave the way for legalizing llamas and cows in cities. Goat advocates, who note that only horned males emit musk, say the ruminants are gentle enough to be walked on a leash and that they generate high-quality manure, which can be used as fertilizer...
USAGE: "Precycling is being thoughtful at the point of purchase in addition to at the point of throwing out. [It] saves precious natural resources, helps with greenhouse gas reduction and can save you money." --Minneapolis Star Tribune...
...comment on CNN's State of the Union by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that a government-run plan is "not the essential element" of the Obama Administration's drive to overhaul the country's health-care system. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs echoed that point on CBS's Face the Nation, where he said that Obama's "bottom line" is that there should be "choice and competition in the insurance market." Hardly a new development, considering that the White House and the President have been sounding pretty flexible for months on the subject of a public...
...holy grail of health-care reform - in no small part because many liberals believe that a Medicare-like program for the uninsured would be the first step toward a government-run single-payer system like those found in Canada and Europe. The right has made it a focal point of its opposition for the same reason. However, Obama has never presented the public option as anything other than a means to an end - one that he would be perfectly willing to achieve through other avenues if necessary. His goal is twofold: to provide a low-cost alternative to the private...
...tells TIME. "I'm sure she'll be amused." But some Germans aren't finding it so funny. Lengsfeld's critics - some even in her own party - accuse her of stooping too low to get votes, saying a female politician should find a better way to get her point across than flashing her plunging neckline. "We're focusing on content and not razzmatazz," Maria Böhmer, a CDU member and head of the party's Women's Union, told reporters. Others have questioned the candidate's feminist credentials...