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BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Samuel J. Palmisano	How The U.S. Can Keep Its Innovation Edge Where, how, and why innovation happens is changing. If we're not careful, the U.S. will fall out of step with these new realities, and innovators and risk-takers will go elsewhere -- because they can.
Search Engine Watch November 6, 2003 Danny Sullivan	The US White House & Blocking Search Engines At the end of last month, controversy erupted over the US White House preventing portions of its web site from being indexed by search engines. Was the White House doing this as a means to rewrite history unnoticed, or was it an innocent mistake?
Managed Care October 2003 John Carroll	Shining Light Or Shipwreck? Maine's health care reformers are on course to deliver a controversial universal care plan. But is the coast clear?
Managed Care October 2003 John Carroll	Massachusetts City Attempts To Import Drugs From Canada The outgoing mayor of Springfield, Mass., is taking on the FDA over his plan to buy medications at a discount from Canada.
HBS Working Knowledge November 3, 2003 Jim Heskett	Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? The collapse of companies like Enron and WorldCom cost investors tens of billions of dollars. But that amount may be dwarfed by the cost of conforming to new laws driven by those corporate scandals -- laws that are intended to protect investors.
CFO November 1, 2003 Russ Banham	Unequal Justice The Bush Administration's broad hope for tort reform has now been limited to class-action legislation.
Geotimes November 2003 Megan Sever	Government peer review The federal government recently proposed extensive new peer-review procedures for scientific reports from regulatory agencies. While some agencies already practice peer review with their documents, these, the first government-wide mandated standards, have some people crying foul.
Geotimes November 2003 Larry Kennedy	Political Scene: Our Public Lands Managing public access and wilderness protection on federal lands is one of the most enduring policy-making challenges.
HBS Working Knowledge October 27, 2003 David Gergen	Leadership in the Bush White House What kind of leader is George W. Bush? The author assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the President's command-and-control style.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 John Carey	How Green Is The White House? Environmentalists say President Bush is a disaster. This magazine examines his real record.
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