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Undergrads at Ohio State University have been so gung ho about an international-studies course called Terror and Terrorism that the school added another frighteningly current class last spring: the Development and Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction. For their term papers, students must assess the potential damage of an atomic, biological or chemical attack--and offer solutions. "I had students e-mailing airport and nuclear-power-plant officials," says Professor Jeff Lewis. "I had to restrain their enthusiasm...
...essence, Home Edition is like the reality-TV version of It's a Wonderful Life, in which Bedford Falls pitches in to rescue solid citizen George Bailey. Executive producer Tom Forman says the show's makers assess applications on "need and, to the extent we can judge it, merit. We look for people who have been nominated by their neighbors, people whose communities have told us are really special." The show also hews to the old formula of something for Mom, Dad and the kids: five-hankie stories, plus home-improvement tips, plus guys ripping off roofs with tractors...
Mirroring recent years, environmental issues comprised the bulk of the proposals considered by the Corporation. CCSR tackled several proposals for corporate sustainability reporting, in which companies are asked to assess their performance in the environmental and social spheres. Both committees abstained on or opposed resolutions for many corporations, including General Electric—a company whose size, ACSR members said, made such a report an “enormous task...
Today’s verdict will have implications for the outcome of a future trial that will assess the amount of damages Shleifer and Hay are liable to pay under the False Claims Act. Each man could face triple damages of up to $104 million...
...University solicited a study from the Harvard Management Company, which invests the endowment, to assess how payout should be determined...