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...issues after the weekend, but that that this increased knowledge leads a significant percentage, often between five and ten percent, to change their original opinions. If a Deliberation Day produced comparable shifts, the electoral significance could be huge. Ackerman and Fishkin even imagine a possible ripple effect scenario, in which the campaigns would ultimately be forced to rely less on sound bites and more on substantive policy proposals...
HERE'S THE NIGHTMARE scenario: it's Nov. 3, the morning after the presidential election, and there is no winner. In a case of déjŕ vu, the electoral vote is close and in dispute, and neither the Democratic nor Republican candidate will concede defeat. Both dispatch planes stuffed with lawyers to squabble over the results. But this time the jets are heading not to Florida but to Colorado, because the state has awarded five electoral votes to one contender and four to the other...
Thankfully, this enchanting scenario remains the case most of the time. But the odds of a healthy start in life quickly begin to fall whenever a baby is born more than a few weeks shy of the typical 40-week-long pregnancy. Premature birth--by which doctors mean at least three weeks early--is the leading cause of developmental disability in children, including cerebral palsy and mental retardation, according to Dr. Eve Lackritz of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. It is also a significant cause of blindness, chronic lung problems and birth defects...
...admission to the World Trade Organization might tempt the regime - something the U.S. is unlikely to support. Without a breakthrough, it's likely the IAEA will refer Iran next month to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Some diplomats are worried about what they call their nightmare scenario: an air strike by Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities, to which Washington would acquiesce, inflaming anti-U.S. feeling among Muslims. Says a British official: "There's worry that a crisis is looming." On that grim prospect there is also wide agreement...
...sustainably. After Sustainable Allston mobilized students and alumni, President Summers asked the Harvard Green Camps Initiative to establish a committee of faculty, administrators, and students to develop sustainability principles for the entire campus. His one stipulation was that the principles represent a “win-win” scenario for the environment and Harvard’s finances...