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Whether these changes can be sustained over time is another question. Gawande and his colleagues note in the study that a phenomenon called the "Hawthorne effect" may be largely responsible for the checklist's success. The effect was named for a series of experiments designed to determine how to increase productivity at a factory in Chicago. All of the tactics implemented by the study leaders improved worker output during the experiments - but researchers realized that the effect they were really measuring was a boost in motivation among workers who knew others were watching...
...repercussions here in California," says Torti's attorney, Jody Steinberg. "How it will affect the rest of the country, whether they will follow the supreme court's ruling is yet to be seen." Steinberg warns, "Here in California, one of these days we can have another earthquake, and the question is, Do you want people to help or do you want people to be thinking about whether they're going to get sued?" Van Horn's attorney, Robert B. Hutchinson, did not return several calls for comment. Steinberg has requested that the supreme court hear the case again. It will...
...hearings, even Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry was raising concerns about pledges for future donations. "There is a legitimate question, and I think, Senator, you'd agree that it's hard to distinguish between a donation currently made and - and acknowledged publicly - and a donation to be made in the future, a commitment made to but not acknowledged publicly." (See the members of Obama's White House...
...sinking fast and the root cause of the problem - the housing bust and ensuing credit crunch - is still very much with the nation. Critics will ask at his confirmation hearing how the incoming Administration plans to prevent things from getting even worse. His personal finances may be called into question, in light of the revelation that he initially failed to pay part of his taxes while working for the International Monetary Fund...
...fact is, it's often hard to tell where one man stops and the other begins. "They had instant chemistry when they started working together in the 1990s," says a mutual friend. But the question of who will have the most influence on policy is still a fair one. Summers is famously rumpled, brilliant and occasionally rude. During the Asian crisis, he woke up his Japanese counterpart when he found out the Tokyo government was trying to arrange a bailout fund outside the purview of the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Treasury. "I thought you were my friend...