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Many Republicans say their opposition to the bill is based on a suspicion that Democrats are using the economic crisis to push forward a partisan agenda. Their list of objections, which has been e-mailed to reporters, includes a number of targeted items that offend Republican constituencies: $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts; $150 million to insure honey-bee farmers; $335 million for preventing sexually transmitted diseases; $150 million for repairs to the Smithsonian Institution; $462 million for equipment and construction at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta; $20 million to remove fish barriers in rivers...
...Qaeda leaders. But Pakistan considers the strikes a violation of its sovereignty, and the accompanying civilian casualties have become a potent anti-American rallying point. Despite Pakistan's official opposition to the strikes, senior officials have indicated that the authorities there may have provided intelligence in some instances. The suspicion of such complicity only further enrages the Pakistani public and undermines public trust in the government...
...detained for anywhere between two weeks and two years before being admitted into the U.S., or sent home. The Chinese encountered particular difficulty. As a consequence of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which severely curtailed Chinese immigration for more than six decades, Chinese detainees endured aggressive and lengthy questioning, intense suspicion and outright racism. Though most were eventually admitted into the country, the wait was tortuous, driving some to take their own lives...
...There has been a troubling suspicion that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not been forthcoming enough about the health of its CEO, Steve Jobs. He was O.K., and then he was not. The board probably knew that all was not well. It decided to keep that to itself. But maybe the board grew restless and asked Jobs to take some time off. (See pictures of Jobs...
...live-birth rates of her study group skewed lower than they might have, had the study been conducted elsewhere. "In states where there's no insurance coverage, there's lower access to IVF treatment," she says. "Those who pursue it may have a better chance of pregnancy, so our suspicion would be that the cumulative rates would be higher in states without insurance." (Read "Predicting In Vitro Success...