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...motivated not by profits, but in part by the demand for housing: the waiting list for social housing in the city stands at 100,000 families and counting. But mayoral aides suggest that towers are more likely to serve as commercial office space or as housing developments that will attract the young middle class, who now have to go to the suburbs to find affordable places to live...
Worries about whether the military can attract enough recruits are unfounded. Unless the U.S. is going to prohibit anyone from volunteering or being recruited and only swear in draftees, the number of slots that would need to be filled by a draft would be very small indeed. How fair would any draft be that asked only a few thousand high school graduates out of the millions of eligible men and women to serve each year? Attempts to reinstate the draft could tear the nation apart for zero gain--and possibly a net degradation in military effectiveness...
...Cultural Capital, Lille hopes to attract travelers from farther afield, to the city and its cross-border hinterland: the 2004 program includes festivities in Dunkerque, Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer on the French coast, and in Courtrai, Mons and Tournai in Belgium. For more information go to www.lille2004.com
...alumni say they hope to raise the issues of money manager compensation and rising student costs. Kaiser said the letter has begun to attract media attention, if nothing else—he reported receiving four calls from the press about the letter over the last two days...
Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 said the admissions office uses alumnae networks and outreach to high standardized test scorers to attract strong female applicants...