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...Michigan Democrat who has vowed to oppose the bill because of how it would affect abortion. Stupak says dozens of House Democrats may join him in opposing a final health-care compromise unless the abortion language is changed, presenting a clear challenge to Democratic vote counters that could imperil a party-line vote...
There is a catch, though. As Timbuktu opens to outsiders and word of its treasures spreads, so too does the interest in the books from outside collectors. In some ways, saving these old manuscripts could imperil them further. In decades past only the hardy visited Timbuktu; the journey required days of travel up the malaria-infested Niger River. Today, dozens of tourists arrive several times a week on small commercial planes from Bamako, the capital of the former French colony. Timbuktu has become a favorite jumping-off point to explore the world's biggest desert. As the modern world rushes...
...prize in economics in 1997 for his work on the Black-Scholes model, ubiquitously used by traders to price options and determine expected volatility.But he has also gained notoriety in financial circles for his membership on the board of directors of Long-Term Capital Management, whose collapse threatened to imperil the global economy in 1998, prompting a government-orchestrated intervention.“If you look at the options model, it’s all about understanding the risk term,” he says. “Most of the outcomes aren’t forecastable, so uncertainty...
...Military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities are deemed by the U.S. military to be likely to cause more problems than they'll solve - at best, they'd simply set back the Iranian program by a few years, at the price of potentially triggering a regional war that could imperil the interests of the U.S. and its allies, including Israel, for years to come. Winning Chinese and Russian support for harsher sanctions remains unlikely absent Iran taking actual steps towards nuclear weaponization, while an economic blockade could prompt a confrontation...
...other words: O.K., O.K., it might imperil the planet, but fortunately we can't do anything to stop it, and we actually plan to encourage...