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...groups trying to call attention to the uninsured--40 million and growing. The recession is likely to be over before Congress does anything to get health coverage to the 2 million latest additions to those ranks. A bill to provide temporary health coverage for laid-off workers has been stuck in a partisan wormhole since last fall because Republicans and Democrats can't agree on whether it should be done in the form of tax credits or a new entitlement...
...immediate extradition seems unlikely. For starters, the crime took place in Pakistan. Moreover, under Pakistani law it's illegal to extradite a suspect once court proceedings have begun. But should some legal loophole make that possible, Saeed would still have the right to appeal the extradition--keeping the case stuck in Pakistan's courts for a while...
...Genji was written a thousand years ago, and the name of its author has not come down to us. (It is attributed to Murasaki Shikibu. Murasaki is the name given to a charming character in the book, later attached to the writer as a joke or compliment that stuck. Shikibu is the name of an office the character's father once held.) The English-language equivalent for the general linguistic distance would be something like Beowulf, recently translated by Seamus Heaney, but the very comparison also points up the difference. The Tale of Genji depicts no guttural warriors and marauding...
...spent my first two hours in Bangkok stuck in crosstown traffic. With precious vacation time ticking away, I swore off wheeled transport and decided to take boats from then on. For most of Bangkok's 220-year history, boats were the only way to get around the Thai capital, which straddles both the Chao Phraya River and a tangled network of klongs, or canals. Even though many of the old waterways have been paved over, most of the city's major attractions can be reached by boat. The Chao Phraya Express serves the river like a public bus, stopping...
...doubles, junior Dave Lingman and sophomore Chris Chiou paired up well together early, but often got stuck hitting easy sitters and went down 5-2 early in their match...