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Odds-on favorites for diplomatic success are also in trouble. At talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed open to a deal on missile defense, but the White House couldn't convince him that its proposed Europe-based system would not pose a threat to Russia. At home, Democrats emboldened by Bush's weak numbers and their own rising electoral prospects in November are loath to hand him a win, even on trade deals with allies like South Korea and Panama...
Some, of course, Beall says, may not. For the boys, particularly those who had found favor with their fathers, the transition will be more difficult; meanwhile the young, teenaged mothers who see themselves as an integral part of the culture will also pose complex challenges. The young mothers occupy a crucial place in their community, proud symbols of a central tenet of their faith that only "celestial marriage" [polygamy] gains believers admission to the highest level of Heaven. (Upon reaching puberty, FLDS girls are required to marry, usually into the existing families of older men.) Furthermore, says Beall, the young...
...member of the Dems, who wished to remain anonymous in order to avoid strain within his student group, told me he thought the denouncement had been “a missed opportunity” on the part of the Dems’ Executive Board to “pose some tough questions to Rove” as opposed to just stating criticisms of his character—a suggestion that came too late, perhaps...
...Financial disincentives pose one obstacle to residents considering primary care. Insurance reimbursement is one reason students ignore primary care in favor of pursuing lucrative specialties: A Medicare reimbursement for a 30-minute visit with a primary care physician in Boston is only $103.42, while a colonoscopy requiring the same amount of time reimburses a gastroenterologist $449.44. Costs of running an economically viable primary care practice (especially outside of a hospital, which can recoup losses with expensive procedures or tests) in many parts of the country are also prohibitively expensive. And it is easier to recoup the financial losses of medical...
...This year's IRA parade on Easter morning was one of the most anodyne, sentimentalized events I've ever seen, made up mostly of little boys and old men not even bothering to pose as veterans. A half a dozen marchers carried wooden rifles, but the Republican banners were furled - on orders from the IRA's leadership. Armored police Land Rovers were parked inconspicuously on side streets, but they were there to protect the marchers from Protestants rather than keep a watch on them...