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...Maine) put forth a motion to reduce cutbacks in federal education spending. That motion failed. And the administration has not increased the debt ceiling in order to buy time to address inevitable future expenses. As baby boomers draw nearer to retirement and Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid payments skyrocket, the federal government has not yet found a way to pay for the increased prescription drug benefits of 2003. Meanwhile, billons continue to go down the Iraqi drain, with fresh funds flowing from Congress almost every other month to fund the administration’s flagship failure. Yet neither...
...supply of gas and its price. Europe last year relied upon imports for around one-third of the estimated 532 billion cu m of natural gas it used - with more than half of that piped in from Russia. And the dependence on non-E.U. supplies is expected to skyrocket in the years ahead. After a spat over gas provision between Russia and Ukraine temporarily upset Europe's gas supplies earlier this year, guaranteeing the availability and regularity of Europe's supplies became a priority. So for a firm like E.ON, already committed to keeping a lid on its reliance...
...estimates anti-spyware revenues will skyrocket to $305 million in 2008, up from just $12 million in 2003. As companies rush to cash in on this booming market, which one should you choose? PC Magazine editors' current highest ratings are for Webroot's Spysweeper, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Plus and PC Tools' Spyware Doctor, all priced under...
...over a hot stove. "People eat out more because they are out of the house more," says Carl DeBiase, a partner in the research firm Restaurant Trends. For city dwellers, many of whom live alone in cramped apartments, restaurants have become a place to escape and socialize. "As rents skyrocket and the amount of space per person dwindles, the American kitchen has lost priority in urban centers," says Peter DuPré, general manager of Amsterdam's Bar and Rotisserie, one of Manhattan's hot new restaurants. "We are starting to experience the first generation brought up on restaurant food...
...taken in by extended family already stretched thin by the entrenched poverty that plagues much of sub-Saharan Africa. In this region of the African continent alone, more than 5.5 million children have lost one or both parents due to AIDS, and that number is expected to skyrocket to 40 million by 2010. Again to put this in context, that number would represent about two-thirds of the children under the age of 18 in the entire United States...