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...question is whether Iran will take up the offer of negotiations over the future of its nuclear program, and then actually deal in good faith. Both China and Russia have been reluctant to press for economic, financial and political sanctions if Iran balks. But without real costs to weigh against its nuclear plans, Iran will have little reason to suspend uranium enrichment and other suspect nuclear activities. Syed Waris Shere Paris Football and Flag Waving The article "Germany's next pitch" [June 12] reported on Germany's willingness to create a new national image and present it to the world...
...resort's signature attractions, including Mission: SPACE. All three victims were found in autopsies to have suffered from either undiagnosed heart defects or pre-existing life-threatening conditions that could have been exacerbated by the stress of the ride. "It's happening too frequently and that's going to weigh on people's minds," Baker says...
...Failing that, they could go down with their vessels, all of which the Confederates threatened to destroy. Alarm rippled across the decks of the whalers. Officers who had assembled for the auction on the Brunswick's decks rushed back to their own vessels and began ordering their crews to weigh anchor and prepare to sail. Perhaps, they reasoned, if they could reach the nearby Siberian coast, they would find diplomatic sanctuary inside Russian territory...
...with potential pratfalls," Newsom acknowledges. The biggest snag is likely to come from the 15% of local businesses that don't provide their workers with health insurance and oppose a mandate that requires them to. Such a mandate is on the table now, but the public still needs to weigh in. On Monday the board of supervisors will take public comments. Lobbying will continue. "There's going to be a lot of rancorous debate," says Steve Falk, president of San Francisco's Chamber of Commerce. Should the mandate prevail, however, a legal challenge will surely follow, he warns, since hundreds...
...major point of contention surrounds whether to make the vaccine mandatory. The ACIP will weigh in during the last week of June; their recommendation will guide the federal government and insurance companies about whether to pay for the vaccine, which costs more than $300, and states about whether to require it for girls - or boys - attending school. Doctors follow their lead about what to consider the recommended standard of care, and so whether or not Gardasil becomes widely available largely hinges on the ACIP recommendation...