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...which represents radiation emitting from an atom, you're not alone. Over the last two decades, at least 20 people have died and more than 400 have been injured after accidentally exposing themselves to radioactive sources, such as radiography units dumped in scrap heaps. Experts believe that the final toll is probably much higher, as many incidents often go unreported or are misdiagnosed...
...feel about rising health care costs and stagnant wages are an illusion, we've been told that climate change is a hoax, and that tough talk and an ill-conceived war can replace diplomacy, and strategy, and foresight. And when all else fails, when Katrina happens, or the death toll in Iraq mounts, we've been told that our crises are somebody else's fault. We're distracted from our real failures, and told to blame the other party, or gay people, or immigrants...
That would be Uncle Sam. Yes, there are purely private jobs in the region: drive among the dense thickets of office buildings in Tyson's Corner and along the Dulles Toll Road, and you see some impressive corporate HQs--Capital One, Freddie Mac, Gannett, Sprint Nextel. But you also come across mysterious acronyms like BAE, CSC, MITRE and SAIC. These are big-time government contractors, and when Fuller looks closely at job growth in the area, it is mainly these that he sees...
...from its wells in Africa, Asia, the North Sea and Canada, as well as the Gulf of Mexico. That it has prospered as El Dorado struggled spurred Murphy to action, says chairman and CEO Claiborne Deming. "This not a booming metropolis by any stretch," Deming notes, alluding to the toll that lumber imports have taken on the area's timber economy and that job exports have squeezed from its manufacturing sector. In pledging $50 million over the next five years for the El Dorado Promise, the company not only can "give back" to the community but rebuild its shallow talent...
...Uncle Sam is making way for a growing citizens' army looking to do their part for a war whose terrible toll has only been felt by a very small group of Americans. The volunteers brigade has contributed everything from special needs homes to jobs, but nothing as sweeping as the center dedicated Monday. The $50 million facility was built entirely from private funds and handed over to the Brooke Army Medical Center here as the largest gift - and the only fully designed and equipped hospital - ever given by charity to the government. Funds flowed in from 600,000 donors, checks...