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...warned that willy-nilly lending by Chinese banks will wallop the economy. "I see a market filled with pitfalls," he says. "China is deceptive. Growth doesn't necessarily translate into profit." During a February luncheon in Hong Kong, Shan shocked the crowd by challenging Nobel-prizewinning economist Amartya Sen for praising Mao's "barefoot doctor" program as a sound way to provide health care to the poor. Shan, recalling his experience in the Gobi, noted that the government trapped people in the service in deplorable living conditions. Says he: "If there's a record that needs setting straight...
...don’t want a world where parents feel driven to justify their children’s existence. We need to link parents with these programs so that they are equipped with all the information they need to hopefully make a life-affirming choice,” said Sen. Brownback at the press conference...
Spearheaded by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, D-Mass., the Student Aid Reward (STAR) act would give universities across the country incentives to join the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), which the federal government manages...
...group of around 20 undergraduates, organized by the Harvard College Democrats, passed under the five-foot pine codfish sculpture as they paid visit State Sen. Jarrett T. Barrios ’90-’91, D-Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex, and Wolf to discuss progressive policy concerns and receive a grand tour of the State House...
...Democratic Whip Dick Durbin said, "Mr. Greenspan lost his credibility when he endorsed the President's tax cuts." Republicans, not surprisingly, don't agree, and have been almost gleeful at Greenspan's endorsement of their plan for Social Security. "Nobody in government has more credibility than Greenspan," says Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley...