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...arbitrarily used them as proof of his competence and as shield of his abuses. Thanks to Mahuad, Harvard's name has become almost a joke in Ecuador, a situation that is aggravated by the fact that Harvard is providing shelter to the worst president we ever...
Although well-intentioned, the state mandates drive up costs. In many states, one or two insurance providers enjoy near monopolies, leaving small-business owners few alternatives. In March the American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania Medical Society asked the Justice Department to investigate two Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans for anticompetitive practices in Pennsylvania, where they have about 70% of the market. "The small-business owner wants an option," says NFIB lobbyist John Emling...
...Pentagon is 1 for 3 in its bid to build a missile shield. Things began unraveling even before the $20 million exoatmospheric kill vehicle left Kwajalein Atoll on Friday night, when the balloon decoy accompanying a mock warhead fired from California failed to inflate. Then, shortly after the launch of the interceptor, its final rocket stage refused to separate from the kill vehicle, dooming the mission. AIR FORCE LIEUT. GENERAL RON KADISH, who runs the military's missile-defense programs, monitored the test from inside a secure Pentagon conference room. His nervous energy soured into bitter disappointment as he watched...
...limitations are still severe. (See previous story.) Critics argue that simple countermeasures by enemy states--such as the use of radar-absorbing materials or balloon decoys--may be enough to foil the U.S.'s pricey shield. Rogue states looking to deliver bombs could simply send them in on cargo ships or in suitcases. One of the few skeptics in Congress, Senator Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, has proposed an amendment to next year's defense-authorization bill requiring that the missile shield be given more realistic tests employing the countermeasures that foes would be likely...
...shoot down large missiles on their way up (easier to target with the fiery exhaust plume trailing them) rather than when their much smaller warheads are in mid-flight, as in the U.S. plan. Putin's proposals are sketchy, but Europeans, worried about being left out of a U.S. shield, are listening. American officials advise caution and note that Moscow does not have the financial wherewithal for such a scheme...