Word: reformations
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...period races by, the Core Standing Committee and the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) have failed to keep pace, leaving students to suffer in the confusion of mixed tempos. Despite the promise that accompanied announcements of a secondary fields program and Humanities General Education courses, the disorganized implementation of curricular reform has made this shopping period a particularly chaotic...
...Democratic Truth Squad" report, written by the House Government Reform Committee's Democratic staff, cites three reasons for the surge in profits. Millions of seniors who previously had no drug insurance coverage now do and, as a result, are buying more medications. That means more sales for the pharmaceutical companies. The Republican-controlled Congress also refused to allow Medicare to bargain with the drug companies for lower prices, believing that competition in the marketplace would keep them down. "But there has been little evidence of declining prices," the report claims...
...Democrats aren't persuaded. The entire program "is a multibillion-dollar giveaway to the drug companies," complains Rep. Henry Waxman, the Government Reform Committee's top Democrat. Ultimately, seniors will decide which party has made the best case when they go to the polls in November...
...them. I believe peace can be achieved, and that a democratic Palestinian state is possible. I hear from leaders in the region who want to help. I've directed Secretary of State Rice to lead a diplomatic effort to engage moderate leaders across the region, to help the Palestinians reform their security services, and support Israeli and Palestinian leaders in their efforts to come together to resolve their differences. Prime Minister Blair has indicated that his country will work with partners in Europe to help strengthen the governing institutions of the Palestinian administration. We welcome his initiative. Countries like Saudi...
...Recently a courageous group of Arab and Muslim intellectuals wrote me a letter. In it, they said this: "The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance." The United Nations was created to make that journey possible. Together we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region - and by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution was founded...