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Geotimes December 2003 R. Larry Grayson	Tracking Material Flows Can Strengthen Public Policy To better manage resources in the United States, policy-makers need to understand the flow of materials from the time of extraction to use and disposal or reuse.
Geotimes December 2003 David Applegate	Water is for Fightin' The High Plains aquifer could be a casualty in a political battle to prevent coordinated scientific characterization of this important groundwater system.
National Defense December 2003 Sandra I. Erwin	Budget Logjams Slow Equipment Deliveries to Iraq Despite a supplemental appropriation approved by Congress last month for operations in Iraq, the Army is having a tough time meeting escalating demands for spare parts, vehicle components and repairs.
National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	Renovation of Pentagon Includes Tighter Security The Defense Department is seeking to improve security at what is already one of the most heavily protected facilities in the world.
National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	State Volunteers Eyed for Greater Security Role As officials seek ways to ease the pressure on over-deployed active-duty, National Guard and reserve troops, more and more eyes are falling upon state-operated bands of volunteers that for decades have backed up the country's regular military forces in times of emergency.
Reason December 2003 Julian Sanchez	Misreading Millennials There's little agreement on the political character of the largest U.S. demographic cohort since the baby boom. The Millennials serve as a political Rorschach test, with partisans of the left and the right each seeing their own proclivities as dominant.
Reason December 2003 Cathy Young	Divorcees and Social Engineers Most people acknowledge that children are better off when they have fathers and when their fathers are actively involved in their lives. But where do we go from there? Fathers face off against the marriage movement.
Reason December 2003 Jacob Sullum	Rant: Drug Rush Limbaugh to listeners: I belong in jail! But Rush Limbaugh may not be arrested, let alone spend time behind bars, for illegally buying narcotic painkillers.
Reason December 2003 Jesse Walker	Bob Barr, Civil Libertarian Representing the right wing of the ACLU, Barr represents a set of conservatives' growing discomfort with the Bush administration's erosion of individual liberty.
Managed Care November 2003	Study Says PPOs Don't Mix Well With Medicare Despite the will and wishes of many members of Congress, Medicare and preferred-provider organizations will not mix well, Mathematica Policy Research warns in a recent report.
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