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...birth in Rwanda--where 1 in 9 women dies during childbirth--we did so with a plan to help readers help the women we were writing about. Working with Netaid and the International Rescue Committee, TIME developed "birthing kits," which will be distributed to Rwandan women to help ensure safer, cleaner deliveries of their children. We chronicled the tragic death of one Rwandan woman and unveiled the new Internet initiative in our April 17 issue...
Gore, hoping to throw a preemptive elbow at any Republican encroachment on the Democrats' voting base, will tout the plan to middle- and lower-income families as a safer alternative to Bush's proposal to bolster Social Security funds using private investments in the stock market. Both plans, say economists, have the same essential goal - easing the government's burden of providing retirement resources for a burgeoning older population. That said, analysts add, both plans also leave something to be desired: Neither presents a plausible explanation for who will pay for the inevitable cash shortfall down the road, and both...
...slogans, doesn't roll off the tongue as well as it could. But it plays to the strengths of the sort-of incumbent. Gore will highlight, again and again, the booming economy and skyrocketing surpluses and insist he's got wiser ways to spend the dough than Bush. Safer ways to save Social Security and Medicare. A better, targeted tax cut - targeted being the operative word, as opposed to Bush insistence on an across-the-board that helps rich folks too - which Gore upped to $500 billion after hearing about extra surplus dough coming down the fiscal pipe. Gore...
...going to have a state-of-the-art radar system in the near future. What can be done in the meantime to make our runways safer? The NTSB has offered a string of suggestions, many of which are revolutionary in their simplicity: Controllers need to speak slowly and clearly, and pilots should come to a full stop before crossing any runways. Good thing these people went through intensive aviation training - otherwise, all of these complicated safety directives might be way over their heads...
...Hyman of Ehrenkranz, King & Nussbaum in New York City sees no problem with investors sitting on the sidelines for a while. He says if you prefer to invest in high-growth stocks, waiting for an opportunity when the market dips may be more attractive than reallocating your investments into safer stocks with moderate gains...