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...Boston University was coming to push us around,” freshman goalkeeper Cynthia Tassopoulos said. “But we were very physical with them and had tons of [penalty] corners and scoring opportunities...
...says Dr. Joseph Stubbs, president of the Philadelphia-based American College of Physicians, one of the nation's largest medical organizations. "If things continue as they are," says Stubbs, "by 2025, the U.S. will be 45,000 primary-care physicians short." That dearth of first-level preventive care will push even more U.S. patients to costlier secondary care like specialists and emergency rooms, which threatens to nullify any appreciable cost savings that Congress might pull out of its hat this fall. "If we fill the primary-care void," Stubbs estimates, "we could keep annual health-care cost increases to around...
Housing subsidies have side effects too. For one thing, they push us to buy rather than rent. There's a positive side to this, as homeowners tend to take better care of their property and their neighborhood than renters do. But there's a negative one too, particularly in times of economic upheaval like this, as homeownership becomes an economic ball and chain that keeps workers from moving to areas where jobs are more plentiful. Subsidies also tempt us to buy more house than we would otherwise, a wasteful use of capital - not to mention of the energy it takes...
...generating the kind of animosity and suspicion that the U.S. attracts. Instead, "China is perceived as a bulwark," says Ben Simpfendorfer, author of The New Silk Road, published earlier this year, which details the burgeoning links between the Middle East and China. "It can be a useful ally to push back against the United States." (Read "In the Middle East, Little Outcry Over China's Uighurs...
...inspiring kids of all ages to persevere in the face of difficulty gave him the motivation to push through...