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Harvard Police took a report and "searched the area with Cambridge police to no avail," spokesperson Peggy McNamara said...
...President ordered his foreign policy aides to get cracking on diplomacy to cool off the Kurds. As Iraqi forces moved north, Clinton fired off a strong warning to Saddam that military intervention in Kurd affairs was "not an action he could take without paying a price." To no avail. On the eve of the Iraqi attack, the Administration was issuing public denunciations of Saddam, and by the time his troops reached Erbil the next day the President had fixed on the U.S. response...
...foul pole, the exuberant 5-ft. 5-in. shortstop crouched low on the base path (so the home-plate umpire could see better, she later explained), then leaped in the air as the ball was ruled fair. The Chinese team disputed the call for 10 minutes, to no avail, and the homer provided the winning 3-1 score, bringing the favored U.S. team a long-awaited gold medal...
...expenses that come on top of a household's existing mountain of debt. "More medical expenses are not being covered by insurance," notes Ronald Weiss, a bankruptcy attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. "This, coupled with the general increase in medical costs, is responsible for more individuals needing to avail themselves of bankruptcy court." Another factor is gambling, as chances to roll the dice have multiplied. Weiss has noted an upsurge in filings in Kansas City, where four Missouri River boats serve as floating casinos. Chicago bankruptcy lawyer Kevin Benjamin is convinced he's in a growth industry. "The rate will...
...mumbling to myself and drooling on my chin, but my good sense got the better of me and I mover over, glowering at him all the while. I took out my free magazine (one of the perks of flying the shuttle) and tried to look absorbed--again, to no avail. In total disregard for my obvious shows of disinterest, the man started talking. "So, are you in school around here?" With a sigh of resignation, I turned and answered...