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...career concerns are typical for a school of government, like Harvard's, which boasts of its hands-on training. Faculty members note that there is a dual effect of such a mission: the K-School becomes the home of politicians who are out of office, and such administrators are apt to be looking for other jobs when the political winds change...
...career concerns are typical for a school of government, like Harvard's, which boasts of its hands-on training. Faculty members note that there is a dual effect of such a mission: the K-School becomes the home of politicians who are out of office, and such administrators are apt to be looking for other jobs when the political winds change...
...France, Britain, the U.S. and Venezuela. Results: 11 tons of cocaine and 244 tons of marijuana seized; 114 guns, 122 boats, planes and vehicles confiscated; 22 cocaine labs destroyed; and 1,267 arrests made. Yet no major kingpins were nailed. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh applauded the cooperation with an apt low-key assessment: "I don't think anybody's claiming that this is a success in the war on drugs. We are talking about an important avenue toward success...
...number of medical studies have supported that view, indicating that widows and widowers are at increased risk of untimely death. But the idea that grief kills has recently come under fire. The increase in premature mortality, say some experts, now seems to be smaller than commonly believed and more apt to involve people already vulnerable. For example: couples who share the same hazards, such as smoking and poor diet...
Mostly, though, they run in circles, aimlessly looking for trouble, just like a modern urban gang. That is not, however, an apt analogy. The film is basically a drag, and not helped by Christopher Cain's stand-around direction. And one's thirst for the clear, cool taste of traditional narrative -- motivated movement, defined antagonists, building suspense -- soon reaches maddening levels. A grownup could die in this wasteland...