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NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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Daily Policy Digest
Friday, August 15, 2003
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Experts predicted blackout due to lack of new transmission lines and outmoded regulations....
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NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL/WASHINGTON POST/REUTERS
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A new law grants attorneys more leeway to report corporate fraud....
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USA TODAY
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Few doctors support national health system for the United States....
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
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Eight percent of Americans aren't proficient English speakers ....
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U.S. ENGLISH, INC./HUMAN EVENTS
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Louisiana purchase grew government as well as U.S. land area, say three authors....
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
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The H.H.H. Metrodome cost little and produces little revenue, so sports teams want taxpayers to replace it....
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Yesterday afternoon, the lights went out in dozens of cities in the U.S. and Canada, from New York City to Detroit to Ottowa. And while power is slowly restored, policy makers across the continent are asking, "What happened and how can we keep it from happening again?" An NCPA study published several years ago by Vernon Smith, Research Director of the Economic Science Laboratory, laid out a practical plan that would have allowed the electric utility industry to quickly introduce new technologies, develop new services and devise new service delivery mechanisms. Click here for more.
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