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...Peace Mission: Impossible The U.N. secretary general is heading to Baghdad to try and avert a conflagration. But even if Kofi Annan can reach an agreement with Saddam on weapons inspections, he'll still have to sell it to an equally tough-minded customer ? the United States...
Boston University Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff warned against optimism yesterday in a Littauer classroom lecture, saying that this year's budget surplus may not avert a possible crisis in the Social Security system...
...Montana. Have the bankers lost their marbles again? Yes and no. Sure, Gillett went bust by taking on too much debt, but he was a proven operator who increased Vail's yearly profits from $5 million in 1985 to more than $45 million in 1991--still not enough to avert catastrophe...
Korean in Currency Crisis Asian markets were driven down today by Korea?s currency crisis. Seoul is scrambling to avert disaster, but analysts say it's not enough...
...this country, and accordingly those of this state, are not going to change any time soon. Nevertheless, the enforcement of those laws is within the joint discretion of the College and the City of Cambridge. When on-campus alcohol consumption occurs within responsible bounds, the administration ought simply to avert its eyes. Please note that this suggestion has an historical precedent. Former Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 publicly stated during his tenure that the drinking age should be set at 18, and he acted on this conviction by presiding over an enlightened regime of lax enforcement. Incidentally...