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...Keeping Tabs British motorists began testing a pay-as-you-go auto-insurance scheme using a device that tracks where and when drivers travel, before generating a monthly bill...
...trio came up with a new training scheme, a blend of the decentralized system so entrenched in the U.S. and the centralized institutional program that is the hallmark of gymnastics powers such as China, Russia and Romania, from where the Karolyis defected in 1981. "It's a semicentralized system that lets the girls live in their own homes year-round, and periodically they come together to train," says Martha, who assumed control of the training center as her husband moved away from coaching--apparently for good. "It is extremely important to train together regularly to have guidance and common ground...
...across Europe: as populations age and demand rises for ever more complex and expensive treatments, health-care reform has become absolutely urgent - but it remains politically radioactive. As recently as 2000, the World Health Organization called France's universal health-care system the best anywhere. Today its health-insurance scheme is in critical condition, and hemorrhaging money: this year it will rack up €12.9 billion more in costs than it takes in, mostly through payroll taxes. Reforms launched earlier this summer by the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin only begin to address the problem. Before the next...
...familiarity with the genre's motifs is not required to enjoy the book. With each new issue of "Eightball" Clowes gets more and more skilled at manipulating the formal elements of comix while keeping the narrative clear. Divided into short vignettes, many with a distinct coloring scheme or dramatic approach, the storytelling stays constantly fresh. Readers may not even notice some of the more radical elements like word balloons that get cut off by the panel borders. They'll be enjoying the playfulness of it too much...
...Network and others, argue that construction will ruin this beauty by redirecting rivers, wiping out waterfalls and wildlife habitats and encouraging soil erosion. But Sigurdur Arnalds, spokesman for Landsvirkjun, the national power company, which is developing the Kárahnjúkar project, downplays the environmental impact, saying the scheme - which is supported by the national government, local authorities and a significant majority of the general public - will create about a thousand jobs in the sparsely populated east. The project finally got the go-ahead from Iceland's Supreme Court in January, after four years of legal wrangling over...