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That's because under the provisions of Section 8 of the historic law a significant change will be under way in the next few years. As a result, building owners who participate in the program - receiving subsidies from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in exchange for taking in lower-income renters - will be able to opt out of those contracts. And many are thinking of doing just that. America's two largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, will be severely affected as will many smaller communities...
...morning I watched a fierce argument between nurses and the relatives of a woman whose unborn baby was already dead inside her. As she sat on a bed awaiting an emergency C-section, her relatives pleaded that they could not afford 400,000 leones (about $135) for the operation. Finally the woman's aunt handed some 250,000 leones (about $85) to a nurse, who counted the banknotes before jamming them into her pocket, explaining to me that the money was "for drugs and to pay the doctor." Since nurses and doctors earn about $150 a month, "the staff...
...really immense,” Lee said. “My 10 o’clock section was 27 people. It’s really disproportionately sized. I really want to take it, though. The teacher’s great, and it’s really interesting...
...that Gen. Kayani's protests over the raids may have been designed for domestic consumption."And where the public is concerned, there have been only a few demonstrations in Peshawar, which is natural," she added. "But again, that hasn't stopped the queues outside McDonald's and the visa section of the U.S. embassy. I think there is a lot of unhappiness and discomfort in Pakistan. But the reality, as Prime Minister Gilani recently said, is that we can't do anything. I think what the Americans have calculated is that this will not get out of control, and they...
...story had emerged much like John Edwards' affair: mainstream media aired it after the principals volunteered it, pushed by rumors on blogs. It's easy to run against the media in the Internet age, when the media are everything from the Washington Post to the Daily Kos comments section. If you can roll them together and pressure some outlets to "balance" an offense they never committed, that's priceless...