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...seat when Bill Clinton's health-care plan collapsed in 1994. But that, Gephardt says, is precisely why he's betting his presidential campaign on a costly plan to provide health care to the 41 million Americans who now lack it. Why does Gephardt think his proposal can succeed where Clinton's failed? "I wanted something that was much simpler, that threatened fewer groups and would be seen as fair," he told TIME. Gephardt's plan retains the most controversial part of Clinton's: a requirement that every employer provide coverage for every worker. In return the government would give...
...late this year. "Barring any further shocks, they should make it back to profit by the fourth quarter," says Per Lindberg, a telecom analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London. Though locks are relatively low tech, Svanberg - the first outsider chosen to lead Ericsson since 1942 - says he'll succeed by using the skills he picked up at Assa Abloy. "I took over a lot of companies in bad shape," he says. "We were constantly restructuring and I am pretty confident in that area." While Ericsson has been a world leader in designing technology, it has managed manufacturing processes poorly...
...share a pessimistic view of the new prime minister's ability to rein in terror attacks. Palestinian security structures are in disarray, Abbas faces considerable domestic opposition even from within his own organization, and Yasser Arafat doesn't exactly have a vested interest in seeing the new prime minister succeed...
Today’s concerns about athletic intensity, and its effect on a student’s health and ability to succeed academically, echo those of 1893, and a balance between academics and athletics remains one of the most important issues for consideration in the Ivy League...
...Jamil Hamad: By my calculation, he's unlikely to succeed, because he faces too much opposition. He has a problem inside Fatah, his own organization. If he's going to dissolve the militias, he has to begin with the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade. Dismantling that would send a message to Hamas and the other Islamists that he's serious. But he hasn't said how he intends to go about dismantling the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade, or any other group...