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...costs accounted for one cent of every dollar spent on healthcare in Canada, but 15 cents for every dollar in America. “Americans are getting extraordinarily poor value for money in our healthcare system,” he said. The results are based on the Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health, a random phone survey conducted in both countries in 2002 and 2003, and were published last Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health. —Staff writer John R. Macartney can be reached at jmacartn@fas.harvard.edu...
...talking about the district’s problems. “A lot of people are staying, so we need to know what people perceive as our strengths,” Walser said. She said that the School Committee’s marketing survey—a comprehensive survey of how Cantabrigians view the school system—needs to include questions about what people see as the system’s positive attributes. Paul Toner, the president of the Cambridge Teachers Association, added that there were “some people who would just never send their kids...
...favorite place at Harvard—Mather House—and the importance of the dorm’s strong community and spirit.The past few weeks have afforded me more time to reflect on what has been an overwhelmingly positive college experience. When I filled out the senior survey last month, I gave glowing reviews to many aspects of Harvard, chief among them the history of science department, where I have spent my happiest academic moments and received top-notch advising. Chock full of social events and quality hang-out time, one goal of senior week was to instill...
...government] acts quickly. If it's children, they take their time." The groundswell of outrage put pressure on the nine-year-old coalition led by Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. Later on Friday the Parliament passed the new statutory-rape law (whose age of consent, 17, fits uneasily with survey data placing the average start of sexual intercourse in Ireland at 15 1/2). Critics say the law should have been fixed years ago. Britain and Canada recently reformed their laws to include an "honest belief" defense for statutory rape, and the flaws in the Irish statute were highlighted by a government...
...talking about the district’s problems.“A lot of people are staying, so we need to know what people perceive as our strengths,” Walser said. She said that the School Committee’s marketing survey—a comprehensive survey of how Cantabrigians view the school system—needs to include questions about what people see as the system’s positive attributes. Paul Toner, the president of the Cambridge Teachers Association, added that there were “some people who would just never send their kids...