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...Democrats on the structure of a public option. The Senate Finance Committee is one of five in Congress with jurisdiction over health care; bills from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and three committees in the House do contain public options. There is also a chance, however slight, that 60 Senators would vote to end a filibuster, even if some of them peeled away when it came time to vote on the actual legislation, which needs only a 51-vote majority to pass...
...Canals can mitigate seasonal floods, but beyond mass relocation, nothing will proof coastal cities against rising oceans. Even a slight rise in sea level will engulf large parts of Dhaka, warns UN-HABITAT, while Bangkok and Jakarta are both so vulnerable that it is "beyond the current capacity" of residents to adapt, warns Herminia Francisco, who co-authored the EEPSEA report. This helps explains why, as I write this, the streets in my neighborhood are filling up with water. When the rain stops, one or two residents will shuffle through dirty, ankle-deep water to light incense at the local...
...PEOPLE magazine that was so direct it barely caused a ripple. In fact, when the writers of Sesame Street asked him to play the Shoe Fairy--one of the show's many celebrity fairies--Harris agreed to put on wings and sing and dance about footwear. With a slight rewrite. "He's called the Fairy Shoe Person!" he says when I get the name wrong. "Don't be rude...
Entering the first frame, the Crimson experienced problems in the back row, where Dartmouth successfully directed numerous attacks throughout the game. The Big Green took a slight 8-5 lead off of kills from sophomore powerhouse Madeline Baird and Crimson attack errors, but the home team regained its footing off of a powerfully-struck kill from freshman Taylor Docter. Soon thereafter, a block from junior Mikaelle Comrie evened the score...
...other part is his manner. Before Congress, at subsequent pro-reform rallies around the country, and in the many television interviews Potter grants, he plays the role of the soft-spoken dad, calmly laying out his indictment of the for-profit insurance industry with a slight Tennessee twang, his gray hair buzzed and a pair of wire-rimmed glasses perched on his nose. He isn't prone to hyperbole and, despite his having become a whistle-blower to "make amends" for the wrong he feels he did as a health-insurance executive, Potter is eerily calm, an island of serenity...