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		<title><![CDATA[Pedaling Toward National Bicycle Planning Guidelines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night in Washington, DC, the Brookings Institution and the National Association of City Transportation Officials NACTO kicked off Cities for Cycling, a new effort to catalog, promote and implement the world's best bicycle transportation practices in American municipalities. As Brookings' Metropolitan Policy Program Director Bruce Katz put it in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:25:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In the October issue of  DTI ,  I've got a piece  that tries to carve out a little bit of the discussion surrounding the future of U.S. Army doctrine. It's a big topic, so I tried to focus on some of the more tech-centric aspects of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICIC Convenes National Leaders To Focus on Strengthening Urban Economies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New policies to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy must include America's inner cities. Urban recovery could serve as a national model; neglect could be devastating.  MIAMI -- At a time when economic uncertainty is spreading across the country, a broad coalition of corporate, civic, policy, and academic leaders from...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICIC Convenes National Leaders To Focus on Strengthening Urban Economies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New policies to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy must include America's inner cities. Urban recovery could serve as a national model; neglect could be devastating.  MIAMI -- At a time when economic uncertainty is spreading across the country, a broad coalition of corporate, civic, policy, and academic leaders from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Orleans may have hit plateau]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS -- The repopulation of New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina slowed drastically last year and may be hitting a plateau, a study released today finds.     The city's population grew 3% from 2007 to 2008, compared with a 19% increase from 2006 to 2007,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chris Satullo: Harrisburg: Is it inept or corrupt?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a hot day this week in a big building in the imperial city, the chicken and the egg renewed their age-old dispute. The site was the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. The topic was Pennsylvania, the Wisteria Lane of state governments. Here was the day's chicken-or-egg riddle: Why...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: MetroNation: An idea from Brookings whose time has come?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With many Americans concerned about the fragile state of the nation's economy, some researchers at the Brookings Institution are promoting a new way to think about our economy. Before an audience of some 850 gathered in the Washington Hilton, the concept of "MetroNation" was rolled out at a recent forum...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plan would aid many poor in Utah]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Utah's lower-income workers and families would benefit from expanded earned income tax credit policy proposals offered in the latest study from the Brookings Institution.   While it would be up to Congress to ultimately pass any new rules for the tax credit, a study by the Metro...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Loveless, editor Brookings Institution Press.  While math scores are bandied about in the modern era, how much do we really know about what they mean or what they can teach about practice and policy? In this dense but thought-provoking volume, Brookings scholar Tom Loveless and an impressive cast...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit plan would aid many Utahns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Utah's lower-income workers and families would benefit from expanded earned income tax credit policy proposals offered in the latest study from Brookings Institution.   While it would be up to Congress to ultimately pass any new rules for the tax credit, a study by the Metro Policy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: Cities with worst &#39;carbon footprints&#39; not the usual suspects]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200805/ai_n25476784]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Sprawling, car-dependent metropolitan areas with low-cost electricity emit more carbon dioxide per capita than densely populated cities with extensive mass transit systems where electricity is more expensive, according to a report from the Brookings Institution, a liberal-leaning think tank.     Per capita carbon emissions were...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brookings Institution dinner]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington, D.C., Monday, May 05, 2008  Thank you, Strobe.  It is an honor to be with so many distinguished guests and friends from different walks of American life.  As some of you know, I've been on the road...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Twenty-first century gateways; immigrant incorporation in suburban America]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QLQ/is_2008_May/ai_n25426776]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-first century gateways; immigrant incorporation in suburban America.  Ed. by Audrey Singer et al.  Brookings Institution Press  2008  331 pages  $26.95  Paperback  James A. Johnson series  JV6475  Singer Brookings Institution, Hardwick (U. of Oregon) and Brettell (Southern Methodist U.) have edited...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brookings Event: The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200804/ai_n25312209]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: CITY EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105  WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following event announcement is being issued by The Brookings Institution: Monday, April 7, 2008, 2:00 pm -- 3:30 pm The Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC The Rev. Martin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brookings Event: Economic Growth Strategies for Developing Countries in an Era of Global Uncertainty]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200804/ai_n25312078]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105  WASHINGTON, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Brookings Institution: A Hamilton Project Discussion with the Commission on Growth & Development Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The National Press Club Ballroom,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MJG/is_2_8/ai_n25128931]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind. Adam Gamoran, editor Brookings Institution Press.  This conference volume has an identity crisis. Its marketers clearly want to ride the No Child Left Behind NCLB wave, but at least half of the book (the more interesting half!)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brookings Event: Easing the Traffic Jam Through Congestion Pricing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200803/ai_n25310924]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105  A Hamilton Project/Metropolitan Policy Program Discussion Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Saul/Zilkha Lounge, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public investments in our nations infrastructure have been an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Visits Pennsylvania Before Presidential Primary]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200803/ai_n25310085]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Jonathan DeWald of the Concord Coalition, +1-703-894- 6222, jdewald@concordcoalition.org  WASHINGTON,March 13/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 25, The Concord Coalition will join with former Comptroller General of the United States David M. Walker and federal budget analysts from The Brookings Institution and The Heritage Foundation for a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BROOKINGS EVENT: Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis: A Hamilton Project Policy Discussion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105  WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Brookings Institution: Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis: A Hamilton Project Policy Discussion Friday, March 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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