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...think the tribal piece is a short-term fix," says Owens. "It's more important to develop the governmental pieces and the ties between the central government and the provincial...
...live anywhere else," Petrie says. "I think there is going to be a lot of opportunity here. The city is not going to die. It's going to get rebuilt at some point. It's just very frustrating that we're not taking the actions that we could take, short-term, to accelerate that...
Ironically, it is air conditions that are a main contributor to global warming, prompting scientists to look for ways to mitigate the heat in the short-term without contributing to its even greater pitfalls in the long-term...
...Since then they have fallen below their IPO price, while public shares in Fortress Investment Group, a firm that specializes in hedge funds, are down 28% since the close of trading on their February 9 debut. Granted, that's a short-term, backward-looking view?never the best way to size up a potential investment. Yet as other shops like Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Carlyle Group, Apollo Group, and British hedge fund manager GLG Partners toy with listing public shares, it's worth taking a critical look at the broader, ongoing forces impacting these stocks...
...Perhaps if the pill were potentially lethal, like say, alcohol, one could argue that the government has a legitimate role in imposing this cost on women. But the pill has not been shown to have any severe long or short-term risks; none of its possible side-effects—nausea, headaches, slight weight gain and, with lifetime use, delayed menopause—are serious enough to warrant a prescription. Nor is there any real chance of abuse or drug extraction: An overdose of ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel (two common pill ingredients) is more likely to result in vomiting than...