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...wealthier Mexicans, and even those not so wealthy, kidnapping has become an everyday reality. According to sources monitoring the situation, there are currently dozens of families negotiating for the return of kidnapped loved ones. Most families respond to a kidnapping by sending an interlocutor to negotiate with the kidnappers - the millionaire may engage a high-end private security firm; the market vendor may send a cousin - and then pay a ransom...
...Sugar has its headquarters here, and is not only the town's largest employer, but also the very hub of its economic and social life. Besides jobs, it has offered the town's wealthier residents, as well as private farmers, additional income by buying up the sugar cane they cultivate on their own land holdings. And it has bolstered the middle class by providing some financial aid and scholarships to college-bound children of employees. Employees, current and former, fill many local elected offices; the town's main road is Sugarland Highway, and U.S. Sugar built Cane Field Stadium...
...chosen from outside the University. In late 2006, when he proposed giving lay members a slim majority on a new governing council responsible for non-academic matters, the idea was turned down by the Congregation, the parliament of Oxford dons. In the scramble to catch up with wealthier U.S. colleges, the dons' power could discourage potential benefactors. "A governing body dominated by academic members of a university," says Philip Harding, chairman of the British Universities Finance Directors Group, "will probably be less attractive to a major donor than one whose governors are from a mixed background...
Those findings may seem counterintuitive, given that the term "gentrification," particularly in cities like New York and San Francisco, has become synonymous with soaring rents, wealthier neighbors and the dislocation of low-income residents. But overall, the new study suggests, the popular notion of the yuppie invasion is exaggerated. "We're not saying there aren't communities where displacement isn't happening," says Randall Walsh, an associate professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh and one of the study's authors. "But in general, across all neighborhoods in the urbanized parts of the U.S., it looks like gentrification...
Still, it will take some fundamental changes in the way health care is delivered before the study findings can be instituted. For one thing, relying on Web-based systems could potentially widen the gap in access to health care between wealthier patients and those who can't afford computers. In addition, not every physician will want to monitor e-mails or conduct virtual exams without being reimbursed for his or her time and expertise. "Our overall health-care system is poorly designed for prevention," says Jones. "We need to look again at the whole system to find effective and efficient...