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"There is not enough 'there' there. It lacks the details for it to be a real tax plan that you can implement," said Roberton Wil- liams, a senior researcher at the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute,...
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Ousting dictators such as Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak "proved to be the easy part of change", said Ibrahim Sharqieh of the Brookings Institute in Doha. Tunisia - where the Arab Spring was born - today appears the most...
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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (R) leaves after speaking about the German and European economy at the Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2012. View Photo »
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States “are racing ahead based on promises made to Washington or local political imperatives that prioritize an unwavering commitment to unproven approaches,” said Grover J. Whitehurst, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “There’s a lot we...
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D-Irondequoit. It could very well be that at the end of the day, the governor chose to invest more in areas with more acute problems. And there is some sense of Rochesters success working against it. The region has led the state in job creation for much...
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 13: Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Chemical Company, speaks during a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution January 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman and... View Photo »
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Though the number of jobs coming back represents a trickle compared to the jobs that were lost over the last 10 years, economists can see the gains continuing. "We think it has potential to last," said Howard Wial, an economist and fellow with the...
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The standards in English language arts and math — with linked assessments that are expected to be ready by the 2014-15 school year — have been accepted by 46 states and the District of Columbia, and are strongly supported by the Obama administration. ...
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