The presence of senior doctors at the point of admission could also help reduce numbers by ensuring the elderly were channelled to the best services sooner, the report said.

BBC: Organise urgent care better, NHS told

But Democrats say they will continue this line of debate, and point to Bush's admission at a Monday news conference that even he was still not sure exactly why a required form disclosing a major stock transaction 11 years ago was not filed until eight months after the deadline.

CNN: Bush to propose jail time for corporate misconduct

Admission to some programs is based on a point system, reflecting grades from secondary school, subjects from secondary school, age, work experience, and other factors the government deems worthy of reward.

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This report is pure hearsay at this point, but if true would be a major admission on Palm's part that its plans to kickstart the ailing company nearly two years ago are failing (or have just plain failed).

ENGADGET: Another Palm exec is out... and CEO Jon Rubinstein is next?

They point in mitigation to such goodwill gestures as granting free admission to state universities for students from Darfur, and note that it was the rebel parties, not the government, which failed to show up for recent peace talks.

ECONOMIST: Peace in the south, war in the west and poverty amid riches

The Bush era 15% tax rate on dividends was an admission that the US tax code had got out of line on this one point.

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