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...Clinton's record because the blood between them is so bad. But Gore's polling shows that even people who think the economy is great are slow to give the government, much less the vice president, any credit for it. Besides, in a race where authenticity is at a premium, the populism is real to him. It takes him back to where he started in politics. "Al Gore inherited a fighting streak for the underclass from his father," says longtime Gore adviser Roy Neel. "If you were a poor factory worker with a backyard satellite dish in rural Tennessee...
...voters unhappy with prescription-drug costs. Stabenow--who has twice bused seniors across the border to Canada, where they could buy cheaper medicines--has been promoting the Democratic plan's Medicare drug benefit, which would pay 50% of costs for the first $2,000 with only a $25 monthly premium. Abraham has a plan with no premium but a $1,200 cap for low-income seniors. It also requires the involvement of private insurers. But Abraham neutralized Stabenow's advantage on the issue with an ad using figures from the Congressional Budget Office arguing that her plan would actually cost...
...voters unhappy with prescription-drug costs. Stabenow - who has twice bused seniors across the border to Canada, where they could buy cheaper medicines - has been promoting the Democratic plan's Medicare drug benefit, which would pay 50% of costs for the first $2,000 with only a $25 monthly premium. Abraham has a plan with no premium but a $1,200 cap for low-income seniors. It also requires the involvement of private insurers. But Abraham neutralized Stabenow's advantage on the issue with an ad using figures from the Congressional Budget Office arguing that her plan would actually cost...
...hire as many as 60 teachers for the district's 11 schools. Superintendent Carlos Hicks asked the local office of Kelly Services to help--and now the employment agency's temps are teaching in 23 states. Kelly screens potential teachers, trains them and provides benefits. Its subs get a premium rate, but administrators say they're worth it. One drawback: now that regular teachers know qualified substitutes can be easily found, absenteeism has increased slightly...
Space has long been at a premium in Cambridge, and schools do not have the luxury of constructing neatly self-contained campuses but instead must take class and office space where it becomes available...