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...Some of the stories sounded so tenuous to me. What ended up in the book is just a fraction of my research. But I loved hearing their stories and I loved hearing what the critics said to debunk them. Here's the thing: nearly all of these people were transformed by their experiences. They were more generous, more other-thinking. They had had a transformation of character. Was it scientifically verifiable? No. But it was good for them. As one of them, a comedy writer named Jeff Schimmel, said to me: "It's sad to think that my love...
...thing, even Cheyney admits that while the odds of mortality in the case of routine births may be no higher at home than they are in the hospital, they're no lower either. And even the lowest-risk birth can turn high-risk fast - with maternal hemorrhaging and fetal distress just two of the dangers - making immediate access to high-tech care imperative...
...thing that might help soften that world view, she believes, is if the obstetricians try to see things from the midwives' perspective. "The U.S. has a limited idea of what it means to have a positive outcome at the end of a delivery," she says. "Basically it just means that everyone's alive. But when you don't have a lot of medical intervention, you also tend to have more breast-feeding and reduced rates of postpartum depression." Cheyney acknowledges that the kinds of mothers who choose midwifery might be the very kinds who would be less inclined to suffer...
...Tellingly, the proposed law doesn't try to tweak those figures. If you go from being a good credit risk to a bad one, credit-card companies can still take steps to make sure they continue to be adequately compensated. When you go to buy new things, they can charge you 30% a year if they want to. The thing they wouldn't be allowed to do under the new law is to go back and change the terms of your original agreement - that is, hike your interest rate on existing balances - except in very few situations, such as your...
...hypermarket chains are entering the country - British retail group Tesco has a joint venture with India's giant Tata conglomerate, while France's Carrefour is said to be in talks with Reliance - Jain says Wal-Mart is in no hurry to unfurl the Wal-Mart flag nationally. "The easiest thing is to roll out stores, but the most difficult is to sustain and feed them," he says...