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...Neighborhoods ostensibly benefit too, since it's safer - and better for property prices - when blocks aren't full of foreclosure-related vacancies. And lenders? Turning properties into rentals until the market rebounds may sound like an appealing alternative to selling assets at cut-rate prices. "This is another tool to use, and it doesn't cost the government anything," says Representative Gary Miller of California, who has sponsored a bill to make it easier for banks to enter into long-term leases with tenants. (See high-end homes that won't sell...
...next night, after the House passed its health care bill, she took to her Facebook page (her favored communication tool since leaving the statehouse) and warned, "Look closely at the provisions mandating bureaucratic panels that will be calling the shots regarding who will receive government health care. Look closely at provisions addressing illegal aliens' health care coverage too." Not too specific, but undeniably provocative...
Along with several students interested in feminism and music as a tool for social justice, many of those attending the event were personal friends of Dobkin who were involved in the folk music scene...
...might prove more humane than hanging. According to Robert M. Bohm, a professor at the University of Central Florida who has written extensively on capital punishment, the proposal was rejected over concerns it would lead the public to associate the hypodermic needle - only recently introduced as an important medical tool - with death. During World War II, lethal injection was part of the Nazis' chilling arsenal of methods for disposing of sick, weak and disabled prisoners, along with the gas chamber and firing squad. After the war, death by lethal injection again faded from view; it was proposed...
...same fundamental tool that allows them to realize their highest goals often becomes their greatest obstacle...