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...level? Or, more importantly, do people know what those characteristics are? Even most importantly, do people know where to find the answers to questions about heavy alcohol and drug use? There is an element of risk involved where alcohol and drugs are concerned. But it takes education to accurately assess that risk. There is a lot to know about alcohol and other drugs, from how to make a screwdriver to how to get a roommate who has lost all control from the Quad to the University Health Services (UHS), with all the potential risks of heavy drinking sitting in between...
...regulators' failure to detect the Daiwa losses that stronger internal controls are needed in a complex global banking system in which such internal failures can quickly cause wider financial havoc. "Whenever something like the Daiwa scandal occurs, congressional leaders are called on both to defend current regulation and to assess possible reforms," says TIME's Adam Zagorin. "Greenspan's recommendation comes with the clout and prestige of the Federal Reserve and more strongly suggests a need for tougher regulation of what's become an extremely complex industry...
...first thing the new chief will do is assess everything," Rudenstine said. "We'll sit down and make sure we're absolutely where we ought...
Then, leading scholars outside the University are asked to write "blind letters," which assess all of the candidates on the short list without being told which is currently being favored...
While my greeting of Arafat may seem a rather insignificant question, its implications highlight the very ambivalence characterizing a majority of those emotionally, religiously, or politically entangled in the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict. To assess the validity of Arafat's controversial profile, it is essential to identify the source lurking behind the ambivalence with which he is received. The discrepancy between the Yasser Arafat of today and the man whom he was yesterday is what fuels such conflicting emotions from those involved...