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...thanks to a $1.1 billion fund the commonwealth had established to reimburse hospitals and health centers that provided medically necessary care to people who couldn't pay for it. But with a third of the state budget going toward health care, the sheer inefficiency of treating the sore throats of the uninsured in emergency rooms didn't sit well with the businessman in Romney even after he'd told Stemberg that health-care reform was not on his agenda. Meanwhile, religious groups and health-care advocates were pushing their solution: a liberal universal-health-care ballot initiative that would...
...Even the aura of the crime world itself is lightened by the presence of Cuba Gooding Jr., who plays a comically overdressed small-time gangster with a loud, Flavor Flav-esque personality. Despite serving a necessary mood-lifting purpose, Gooding Jr.’s acting is the main sore point in the film, especially when compared to the chops of Washington and Crowe. Even “homebound-after-arrest” pop-rapper T.I. brings a greater depth of realism to his role as Lucas’ wide-eyed nephew. Perhaps the vital string that ties...
...lawyer in Beijing." After several hours of this, they took him to a remote suburb and dumped him there. Li, who sounds remarkably calm about the episode, got himself checked out in a hospital and now is resting at home. He says he's OK, though still a bit sore...
...after a run-heavy drive that consisted of 14 plays for just 49 yards.The rushing attack improved in terms of consistency this week, with freshman Gino Gordon getting the bulk of the carries—20 for 69 yards. But the ground game also turned out to be a sore spot for the Crimson, as senior quarterback Liam O’Hagan’s 11th rush of the day in the third quarter led to a shoulder injury that may force him out of the starting lineup on Saturday. The first quarter ended with Lehigh...
...cost his party control of Japan's upper house, and yet, like their fallen predecessor, both Fukuda and Aso preferred to highlight their foreign policy differences - Fukuda called for open talks with Japan's neighbors, while the hawkish Aso took a conservative stance on the Yasukuni war shrine, a sore point in Asian relations. Both favored postponing a general election until next spring; both have also inherited Abe's insistence on continuing Japan's support of coalition forces in Afghanistan through its refueling operations in the Indian Ocean...