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...even beyond its disastrous social consequences, the deregulatory fervor driving this bill demonstrates precious little knowledge of economics as well. Like the mail service, phone and cable companies have long operated off the principle of cross-subsidization--in order to keep rates standard, customers in densely populated regions pay a de facto subsidy for rural ratepayers. Phone companies have long used this principle to use the bills of profitable long-distance customers to help pay for local service...
...real story from Beijing, if we were to listen to the 40,000 women gathered there, is that there are precious few female-friendly spots on earth. In fact, the real story may be something we would rather not hear at all, since it contradicts every cherished Western notion of "progress"--that instead of advancing, women, on average, seem to be losing ground. A study by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union finds that the percentage of women elected to national legislatures has dropped worldwide almost 25% in the past seven years. Human Rights Watch reported in August that such...
This image, however, is the product of imaginative folklore, stubborn myth and terrible p.r. The bat, say scientists, is actually one of nature's most dazzling and precious creations. Today researchers are striving to correct common misapprehensions about them--and racing to save them from extinction. Last week in Boston, the largest ever convocation of bat experts met to trade new findings from the weird and wonderful world of bats. Among recent discoveries...
...David Bruck, wanted the jurors to see Smith as a deeply troubled woman who tried to commit suicide and momentarily forgot about her sons. "Please understand," said co-defense attorney Judy Clarke, "the victims in this case are Michael and Alex Smith. They were beautiful children. They were precious children . [but] this case goes way back, well before the night...
...humiliation that I had dreaded--being "that first-year who is always sprawled on the ground"--didn't arise. Nor did the pain I had anticipated in my precious ankle. In fact, finding a door handle to hoist myself up on, I was no my way to conquer the inside stairs within minutes...