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...It’s unknown whether government agencies (as opposed to political parties) will bite on PHC’s attempt at vocational intelligence training. But beyond the possibility of conservative-trained students taking over many of those government jobs appointed by right-wingers, PHC’s success speaks for itself. A mere seven years old, it has managed to make good on a promise to remain debt-free (in accordance with biblical teachings, the college’s president explains) and not to take any government funding (whether federal bureaucrats would give any to PHC is another question...
...Webber is taking a little risk: a $14 million musical with unknown actors, an unfamiliar foreign milieu and a who-he? composer. Still, anyone with half an ear will hear the most vibrant, varied new score in ages. Audiences will walk out of Bombay Dreams humming Rahman's songs and singing his praises. If music is the crucial part of a musical, then Rahman's genius will ensure that Bollywood conquers Broadway...
Just how dangerous that dust might be is still a matter of dispute. Doctors at the Harvard School of Public Health have begun extensive studies in Tar Creek, not just of lead exposure but also of the cocktail mix of lead, manganese, cadmium and other metals that interact in unknown ways. "We're looking at four generations of poisoning," says Rebecca Jim of the L.E.A.D. agency, a local group. Meanwhile, parents like Evona Moss wonder what else the toxic brew might have done. Did it cause her obesity and bad teeth? Is it responsible for the malformation of her daughter...
...refuses to meet with Iraq's American occupiers. Yet with one call last November, Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani brought plans for an American transfer of power to a grinding halt. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime last April, Sistani has gone from being a relatively unknown "quietist" in Najaf's Hawza seminary, preaching that Shi'ite clerics must stay out of politics, to becoming a political institution...
...also be stopped. "What I learned from my career in public health is the importance of action," he says. But when there are 192 member states to answer to, action is not always easy. WHO's responsibilities range from providing basic health education to responding to the outbreak of unknown diseases. It is Lee's job to direct the agency's resources where they are needed--and can accomplish--the most...