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...July 29 election, the DPJ swept the countryside, once an LDP stronghold - but it contradicts the beliefs of reform-oriented DPJ members. The party is riddled with such fractures, and many members resent Ozawa, who isn't nicknamed "The Destroyer" because he plays well with others. Ironically, the stress of coping with victory could tear the party apart as competing factions maneuver for newfound power. "I don't think the DPJ can survive this win," says Robert Feldman, chief Japan economist for Morgan Stanley...
...grown fantastically over the past decade, and their star performers have been fantastically well rewarded. Three hedge-fund managers made more than $1 billion each last year, reports trade magazine Alpha. Private-equity firm Blackstone's public offering in June made its founders multibillionaires. Now both businesses are under stress...
...active Army soldiers, not reservists, Gibbs maintains that the need for more support programs for all families undergoing the strain of deployment is evident. "To my mind, it makes perfect sense to assume that families of Guard and reserve members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan experience as much stress as do regular forces." And the military is taking notice, funding not only the study conducted by Gibbs, but also a variety of programs, some in partnership with community groups, to help children and their families impacted...
...within the family when the enlisted parent was deployed on a combat mission, according to a new study led by senior health analyst Deborah Gibbs of RTI International, a research institute in North Carolina. Previous studies have shown an association between combat-related deployments and higher levels of stress in the family, and it is this stress that is thought to play a major role in the maltreatment of children by the parent who stays home...
...that Mom is the one taking it out on the kids. During the deployment of her soldier-husband, rates of child maltreatment tripled; neglect quadrupled; and physical abuse nearly doubled. "Female spouses are the ones that stay at home when soldiers are deployed," says Gibbs. "They deal with the stress of single parenting, worrying about a spouse and holding down a job as well. We recognize that military families do an amazing job at getting though these situations that are tougher than many of us could ever imagine." Abusive women were more likely to be Caucasian than Hispanic or black...