Word: predictabilities
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Government policy in any number of areas--health care, taxes, the economy, crime--touches children. But the initiative that will have the most particular and powerful effect on them is welfare reform. If, as some predict, the incomes of poor mothers are drastically reduced as a result of the new system, children will be harmed. But let's assume that the reforms work as intended and mothers get jobs that pay them more than paupers' wages. What effect may the changes have on childhood development...
...always difficult to predict what the Supreme Court will do, and almost everyone agrees this is a close case. (The two federal courts to hear it so far have split, with Clinton winning at the trial level and Jones on appeal.) But there are good reasons to believe that the court may be reluctant to allow Jones' suit to go forward. The Supreme Court generally treads lightly in "separation of powers" cases, where one of the three branches of government is being subjected to the dictates of another. If Jones won, the President would in theory have to answer...
Forecasts for Seattle predict more rain for today and tomorrow. Students returning to Harvard for reading period should expect cold and dry weather conditions, a welcome break for those who faced heavy precipitation over break
...very hard to predict trends in admissions, but we are encouraged that things seem to be settling down a little," Fitzsimmons said...
...coming down. According to a report published last week in the journal Cancer, the number of cancer deaths fell from a peak of 135 per 100,000 in 1990 to 130 last year--a 3.1% drop. Even more encouraging, that trend seems to be accelerating. Experts predict that within 20 years, deaths from cancer could easily be cut an additional 25%, and with luck they could be cut in half. As Health Secretary Donna Shalala proudly declared last week, "We are starting to win the war on cancer...