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In 1993, most Canadians believed that big government deficits were permanent and that the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) was in such deep trouble that younger Canadians would never collect a retirement pension. They believed too that Canada's politicians were incapable of dealing with either problem. Yet by 1998, both were essentially solved.

While the deficit battles have been recounted many times, the story of the reform that rescued the CPP has gone almost entirely untold. In Fixing the Future, Bruce Little explains the CPP overhaul and shows why it stands as one of Canada's most significant public policy success stories, in part because it demanded an almost unparalleled degree of federal-provincial co-operation. Providing an overview of the CPP's entire history from its beginning in 1965, Little pulls together published, and new unpublished, material relating to the CPP reform, and interviews over fifty politicians, government officials, and others who were deeply involved in the reforms for their recollections, insights, and observations.

A superbly told history of one of Canada's most important public policy issues, Fixing the Future will be of interest to political scientists, historians, economists, and anyone concerned about their retirement.

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"What shall I do with this people?" was Moses' exasperated question to God in Sinai, and it is posed once more in Milton Viorst's searching account of the crisis in Judaism today. Not since the destruction of the Second Temple, argues Viorst, have Jews displayed such intolerance toward one another or battled so fiercely over ideology. And these battles are not just intellectual exercises; they exact a fearsome price in today's Middle East.

Framed by the murder of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by an Orthodox extremist -- an unprecedented outburst of violence among Jews -- the book examines how religious leaders through the centuries have shaped Judaism to serve their own political ends, often with disastrous consequences. Viorst vigorously critiques Orthodox Judaism's doctrines concerning territory in the Holy Land as well as on marriage, divorce, conversion, and women's rights, contending that religious law often departs from the teachings of the Torah and has, in fact, changed over time to perpetuate rabbinic power. In recent decades, he believes, the Orthodox rabbinate has grown so intransigently political that its ideas have sundered the Jewish people, challenging their identity and, perhaps, threatening their very existence.

What Shall I Do With This People? is both a meticulously researched history and a bracing commentary. Disturbed by the impact of intolerance on Jewish politics and society, Milton Viorst calls for an end to violence in the name of Judaism and offers a stirring plea for mutual understanding among what the Old Testament God called "a stiff-necked people." Amid the heat and noise of the Middle East conflict, his is a lucid, compelling, and necessary voice..
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Title: Fractious Family Dispute Threatens Russellville Automobile Dealership.(Cogswell Motors Inc.)
Author: George Waldon
Publication:Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 5, 2000
Publisher: Journal Publishing, Inc.
Volume: 17 Issue: 23 Page: 1

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London in the 1980’s drugs and prostitution are rife and to survive you have to be one hard hearted bastard with eye’s in the back of your head. That’s Linda Gerraty and Paulie Santini to a tee: but Linda has one weakness her Son Luke. Linda gave Luke up for adoption when she was a crack addicted street whore but now Luke’s all grown up and Linda wants him back. Over the years Linda’s evolved into a revered and despised madam with a main stake in the drugs trade, clubs all over town and a hard core base of enforcers but someone has a score to settle with Linda that has lasted almost twenty years and that someone is Jez Watson. Shirley Watson and Linda Gerraty had been friends and worked the streets together for years and at one time Jez had thought Linda was family but all that changed when Jez hit adolescence and Linda took him as her lover. Spite, greed and jealousy crept in to the Women’s relationship and Shirley would suffer the consequences for almost twenty years. Jez burnt with desire to exact revenge on the Woman he has learnt to hate and didn’t care how he got it but tragedy strikes and Jez will regret crossing Linda for the rest of his days on Earth..
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Louisiana’s Florida Parishes eight modern-day parishes located in the southeastern portion of the state endured a tumultuous evolution, including domination by every major power that invaded North America, exclusion from the Louisiana Purchase, insurrection and the establishment of the original Lone Star Republic, and some of the highest rates of rural homicide recorded in American history. The area was long neglected by scholars until some of its foremost experts came together to explore and celebrate its singular identity. A Fierce and Fractious Frontier, edited by Samuel C. Hyde Jr., is a result of that collaboration and consists of ten essays on the history and culture of this unique territory from its colonial periods through the twentieth century. Revealing the difficulties of the past and suggesting considerations for the future of Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, this volume will stand as a model for the emerging field of southern subregional studies..
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This digital document is an article from Risk & Insurance, published by Axon Group on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1589 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Three's (grudging) company: for now, incremental change is the only chance for insurance industry reform coming out of Washington. Given the fractious nature of the industry and the archaic laws which govern it, that may end up pleasing no one.(Regulation)
Author: Lisa Sandberg
Publication:Risk & Insurance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: Axon Group
Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Page: 28(2)

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This digital document is an article from NewsInc, published by Thomson Gale on March 10, 2003. The length of the article is 673 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: FRACTIOUS FAMILY SEEKS TO LIQUIDATE LIBERTARIAN FREEDOM California's Orange Country Register, 38 other papers, up for grabs.
Publication:NewsInc (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 10, 2003
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 15 Issue: 7

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