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...said Knowles’ condition appeared to be “under control” on Saturday, only to worsen seriously on Sunday—the day Pilbeam was asked to take over for Knowles—and improve on Monday...
...three-year-old son is sick. Prasad can't tell if the skinny toddler's illness came from the faecal scum in the open drain next to the family's tin shanty, or from the clouds of mosquitoes swarming among the surrounding mangroves. He just hopes it doesn't worsen because he hasn't enough money to feed his family, let alone pay doctors' bills. For the past three weeks, the father of three has failed to obtain his regular $2 an hour construction work; a messenger has just dropped by to tell him the family are soon...
...have enough money to campaign competitively in all states will be at even more of a disadvantage than they already are. For example, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has already pulled out of the race for lack of funds. Pushing all the primaries together will only worsen the disturbingly large advantage well-financed candidates have at the outset. If the nineteen states do not reverse course, it will be all of America’s voters that lose out. Having a long primary season in which smaller states tend to vote before larger states gives smaller states more...
...subclass permanently doomed to part-time work and paltry wages. "You have people competing for the diminishing number of good jobs, and a lot of kids just don't have the resources to compete," says Scott North, a sociologist at Osaka University. Those trends, he adds, may in turn worsen Japan's declining birthrate. "If you don't have stable employment, it'll be hard to get married, hard to raise children...
...tantamount to having a parent announce to their teenage child that they will leave the house for the weekend…party, anyone? It would only invigorate America’s enemies around the globe, since they would seize the opportunity to wreak more havoc in the area and worsen America’s exit. If sectarian violence were to reach a feverish pitch leading up to the set deadline and the presence of American troops became even more vital for regional stability, then exiting might further stir trouble at home and lead to a more disillusioned citizenry. Ultimately...