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...idea is to build a system where we can do large number of reactions very quickly,” said Adam R. Abate ’02, a SEAS post-doctoral physics student and an author of the study. “Each reaction happens in a droplet as opposed to a test tube, and therefore we can get data much more quickly than with a robot or a graduate student...
...when he entered a nearby restaurant called Taboon. The maître d' scrambled to make room for him, as if Lindsay Lohan had just swept in with an entourage. "I hope it came across in the Colbert thing that we haven't put any remedies [for the financial system] in place," Spitzer was saying. He ordered a Scotch and soda. "Barack is still listening to the same people. None of the questions he asked were the ones he should have been asking." He said he hoped the Administration would use the Massachusetts Senate loss "to assert the progressive agenda...
...Democrats don't see malpractice the same way you do. Our traditional supporters among the trial lawyers hate it, of course. And the Congressional Budget Office says it would save only about $5 billion per year. That's peanuts when you're talking about a $2 trillion health care system. But providing health security to all Americans - making sure they have coverage, making sure the insurance companies can't take it away - is just too important. So we'll include your malpractice provision in our bill. Can I assume you'll now vote...
...victory. To that end, Republicans have purposely mischaracterized the Democratic plan from the start - as socialism, a government "takeover" of health care. It isn't, of course. In fact, the bill's cataclysmic inelegance is caused in large part by the President's promise that the current, hopelessly complicated system would remain the same for the 80% of the public that's satisfied with the insurance it has. Furthermore, the late-blooming Republican alternatives, like the Medicare privatization plan offered by Ryan, are so brutal and extreme that the vast majority of Republicans would never vote for them, lest they...
...operate minibuses (each capable of carrying 14 passengers) and buses for transport within and between the country's villages and cities. These tens of thousands of drivers and vehicle owners were outraged by Morales' decision (previously, the penalties were imposed on a three-strikes-and-you're-out system). These transportistas, as they are known, not only refused to work, but also blocked major roadways. (See Evo Morales and the worst dressed world leaders...