Word: ramps
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...Bayrou's voters if she's to close the 5% gap between her and Sarkozy. She will no doubt try to make the most of her softer image, which may seem particularly welcome to voters wary of Sarkozy's daunting and sometimes disconcerting intensity. She will also need to ramp up her courtship of Bayrou's lieutenants, which has included a promise to assign ministerial posts to prospective allies from the UDF if it comes to her aid against Sarkozy. Many elected officials from the udf are open to persuasion by their historical allies on the right. But Bayrou...
...study by Markwood's organization found that fewer than half of all communities in the U.S. have begun to plan for the social groups, caregivers and physical facilities they will require as the population ages. There is a good chance, says Markwood, that the inevitable ramp-up in "aging preparedness" will be too late to fully meet the need...
...billion a year; by 2015, it figures, it will have almost tripled to $1.2 trillion. Some 40% of the world's population does not have adequate water and sewer systems, according to the U.N. And it's not just the developing world that needs to ramp up investment. The U.S. will have to spend as much as $41 billion a year until 2019 to maintain its water infrastructure, according to one Congressional Budget Office study--that's almost twice the $21.6 billion invested in 1999. "We've got thick pipes from the 19th century becoming obsolete at the same time...
...report this year from the Von Hügel Institute in Cambridge suggested that, with the influx of East Europeans, Catholicism could soon be the dominant religion in Britain, which hasn't been the case since, oh, 1550. Construction on the 2012 Olympic sites in London is about to ramp up, providing more jobs. Many Poles in London are "well-qualified workmen with very good experience," says Adam Wasilewski, a Polish immigrant who has invested in his own stoneware business in London and who hires mainly Poles. Tesco and Sainsbury's, the British supermarket chains, are stocking up on Polish brands...
...mines, which account for a third of China's total coal output, are commonly subcontracted by local governments to individuals. With some 17,000 of these small mines now operating (as well as thousands of illegal mines), supervision by government authorities is virtually nonexistent. To maximize profits, mine owners ramp up production far above sanctioned levels, exceed the regulated number of miners and neglect safety equipment and procedures. Mine owners often bribe local officials into turning a blind eye to their practices and have been known to ship corpses to other provinces to escape regulations requiring them to report...