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Again, though, let's not hail a solution as the solution. A targeted tool like loan modification is probably a more useful allocation of resources than a blanket policy like cheaper mortgages. Since half of all repossessed-home sales are in just four states (California, Michigan, Ohio and Florida), we can focus efforts there...
Given the risks and side effects of biopsies - which range from infection to impotence - an accurate diagnostic tool for physicians as straightforward as a urine test "would be, well, wonderful," says Cory Abate-Shen, a professor at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons who authored a commentary accompanying the paper for Nature. "But that's something that will require large clinical trials to develop...
Still, even if a GOP guv were to reject federal stimulus money on principle, the legislation may give state legislatures power to take it anyway - a tool even Republicans in the Texas legislature said this week they're ready to use. But it's unlikely to come to that, especially since governors who oppose the stimulus don't lose anything - and gain a free infusion of cash - when the stimulus dollars start rolling...
...same gas that makes balloons fly and voices rise is also an important tool for Harvard researchers conducting specialized scientific research—a tool that will be in shorter supply thanks to cutbacks faced by University scientists in the current financial climate...
Some of the friction could just be cosmetic to appease both the progressive base and moderates. "It's the old routine of bad cop (Pelosi), good cop (Obama); partisanship vs. bipartisanship," says Stephen Wayne, a political science professor at Georgetown University. "It is also a bargaining tool to limit what the Republicans can expect from the legislation in exchange for their support...