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...them: maintain order, but in a gentler way than they are accustomed to doing. The reason for this is clear enough: the memory of Tiananmen Square hangs undeniably in the background as the crisis in Tibet unfolds in this, the year of China's grand coming-out party. The scale of the unrest in Tibet - as well as the threat it poses to the Communist Party - doesn't compare to the massive political demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, which were brutally put down by the Chinese military. But the issue, at bottom, is the same...
Volcker and many other observers argue that if a mass-scale financial bailout is needed, it's the White House and Congress that must commit the resources. So far, the main movement in that direction is a proposal from Democrats Barney Frank in the House and Chris Dodd in the Senate to get the Federal Housing Administration to insure new loans for home owners facing foreclosure. But Congress could decide to take over and clean up every troubled financial institution in the land if things got bad enough. That would cost trillions, though, and still won't mean much...
...white is also big in fashion, and that has translated to walls." Lovett has taken a cue from that trend. Six months ago, she put a twist on the traditional by papering her 8-ft. by 10-ft. (2.5 m by 3 m) home office in a large-scale black-and-white toile. Though she will hire professional hangers when she redecorates her kitchen and bathroom, wallpaper isn't as difficult to mount as it once was, adding to its appeal. "The new, heavier papers have structural integrity, as opposed to older, flimsier kinds," says Jerry Russo, ceo of Roman...
...Last month, Heathrow commissioned a local homeless outreach organization, Broadway, to visit the airport once a week and survey its homeless population, while also trying try to coax them into temporary accommodation. They were not prepared for the scale of the problem they discovered: In the first four weeks alone, they conducted 100 interviews with homeless "passengers" - although some of those were repeat interviews, the number was far higher than anyone had expected...
...affordable abortion exists with ready access. The state has managed to keep teen pregnancy on the decline for 15 years. For this, it should be applauded. There has been reached a clear recognition that these births are both the source of personal anguish and the matrix of large-scale social problems: natal health risks, dropout rates, and even incarceration figures share an observable, direct link to the number of young mothers. This makes cuts in health-education funding—down 26 percent since 2001—seem especially puzzling; each dollar spent teaching students about birth control and sexual...