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...most certainly not be in the trenches with Korb. After all, General James Jones, the commandant of the Marines, has suggested the nation needs to think about dedicating 4 percent of its gross domestic product to the military. Given that its current share is 3 percent, that would be tantamount to a 33 percent increase in military spending, or an annual boost of some $100 billion. The chiefs know that both Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and GOP nominee George W. Bush have called for increased spending on the military. Gore wants to spend $10 billion more a year than...
...meeting by a superior. Both the player and the young executive know that their elders hold the sole key to their respective successes: One to the NBA, one to upper management. They also each know the grim truth: Bearing witness to a superior's misbehavior can be tantamount to career suicide...
...issue of maternal mortality--mothers dying in childbirth--is particularly perplexing to D'Harcourt. In Rwanda becoming pregnant is tantamount to a death sentence. The lifetime risk of death from labor complications in this part of Africa is 1 in 9. The risk in the U.S. is 1 in 4,000. Numerous factors including nonexistent prenatal care, malnourishment and unsanitary delivery conditions jeopardize the health of mothers and babies. "It's impossible to predict complications," says D'Harcourt. "That's the difficulty with maternal mortality. You can't predict what will go wrong. Certainly, quality of care and treatment play...
...studied gaze of John K. G. Shearman, a Harvard art historian, they are tantamount to reasonable doubt that the painting is entirely the work of an old master...
Proponents of funding students at religious schools argue that they are exercising their freedom of choice, and are merely seeking the best education for their children. Opponents of the voucher program contend that funneling taxpayer money into parochial schools is tantamount to funding church programs. At this point, it's anyone's ballgame: Although the Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case involving vouchers and religious schools in the Vermont state school system, the Justices are scheduled to rule by next summer on a similar case, and have given no indication of their leanings...