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...part of the World Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Member countries make deposits (the U.S. share is $2 billion down and $30 billion pledged); the bank sells bonds backed by those deposits and pledges, then lends the money out at a small profit. The other main arm of the World Bank, the International Development Association, gets regular infusions of cash from rich countries and lends funds on near giveaway terms to truly poor countries, mostly in Africa (the U.S. contribution is just under $1 billion a year, or 0.04% of federal spending...
House: Cabot Concentration: English and American Languages and Literatures Hometown: Richmond, VA Ideal Date: Zhang Ziyi, Anna Karina, and I go to a concert. I make jokes and they laugh and touch my arm. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: “Whoa, are those eyes for real?!” Where to find you on a Saturday night: Surrounded by an entourage of adoring girls and approving chums, I set fire to Mather House on a whim and pee it out. Everyone cheers and then we all go out for ice cream because I have...
...comeback. In the first game, a stellar pitching performance by freshman Max Perlman baffled Dartmouth’s hitters, while the Crimson batters produced timely runs to secure the victory. DARTMOUTH 9, HARVARD 6 After getting two quick outs to start the first inning, Unger was hit in the arm by a scorching line drive off the bat of Big Green center fielder Damon Wright. The Crimson coaches came out to check on Unger, but he appeared all right and stayed in the game. From that point on, though, Unger was never able to find his groove.Dartmouth freshman phenom Nick...
Arriving at the Caribbean island of Nevis, ship's carpenters built a gallows to hang Smith for insubordination. He was spared by the group's commander, Captain Christopher Newport, a career privateer who had lost an arm pirating booty on the Spanish Main and reckoned the colonists would need every fighting man they had once they got to Virginia. Sure enough, two weeks after they settled at Jamestown, 200 Indians attacked. Cannon fire dispersed the war party, but the skirmish served notice that the settlers were not welcome on the rich riverside tracts Native Americans first roamed some...
...Supreme Court decision in his favor might have effects far more sweeping than he intends. To rule for Levy in the Parker case, the court would have to repudiate its long-standing view that the Second Amendment protects nothing more than the collective right of states to arm their militias. Instead, it would have to embrace the view that the amendment protects a fundamental right of individuals to arm themselves for private uses like self-defense...