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...South Africa. A study by the Conflict Securities Advisory Group, a Washington consultant hired by the State Department, found that 124 publicly traded European companies have ties to Iran and that European banks are financing significant energy and telecom projects there. A disinvestment campaign could be tough to pull off. But U.S. officials hope that while conscience may not get those firms to quit Iran, the threat of bad p.r. might...
...doctor what's wrong with America's healthcare system, and be prepared to pull up a chair. You'll hear a litany of complaints about Kafka-esque bureaucracies, litigious patients, unreasonable insurance companies, too few nurses, never enough time, too much testing and not enough talk. But complaining gets us nowhere-we need solutions. Here are my top seven reforms for health care...
...currently have them, or to George Washington University (G.W.U.), where they're headed to be cataloged and stored. Kevin Anderson, one of the reporter's nine children, says the family was willing to cooperate with the FBI until agents made clear that they wanted to review every document and pull any they believed were classified. "That was unacceptable," he says, because doing so would betray his father's record of keeping sources secret. The family then made public its four-page reply to the FBI in hopes of derailing the bureau's quest...
...really had to turn it over to the guys to open up the margin, to never sit,” second varsity coxswain Amanda Caplan said. “They’re really good at doing that, and these guys are just out here to pull hard.”For the third straight weekend, the Harvard second varsity raced the second 1000 meters alone. The Crimson plowed through the finish line in 6:19.9. Navy finished almost four boat lengths back in 6:39.8, yet another victim of Harvard’s fast starts and punishing base cadence...
...both.”Unlike OTI and IGP, Greenbaum does comedy with a safety net. “Most of my jokes are already scripted and written in advance,” he says. During performances, he says, “I go through a mental rolodex and pull out a joke that I need.”Magicians have a major advantage over comics. “The magic gives me a sort of backup plan,” he claims. “When you’re a comedian and it’s just...