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Over the past two weeks, U.S. law-enforcement authorities have seized almost 35 tons of cocaine destined for the streets of America. A much bigger blow could be struck against the drug trade, however, if ways could be found to seize the cocaine cartels' funds. U.S. Assistant Treasury Secretary Salvatore Martoche said last week that the Bush Administration would move in that direction by trying to track the billions of dollars in electronic money transfers that move in and out of the U.S. each day. The goal: to identify and perhaps confiscate at least some of the more than...
Benign as the experience has been so far in this fiscal wonderland, the present Italian government is determined to blow the whistle. Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti has framed a budget strategy that aims at balancing the books by 1993 through a combination of tax increases and spending cuts. Similar targets have been set and missed before, but this time a new sense of urgency comes from the danger that Italians may start sending their savings abroad when capital movements in the European Community are freed next year. Bank of Italy Governor Carlo Ciampi warns that "a change in the handling...
Last year, Battat planned the free distribution of whistes for students to blow in case of attack. He also won approval for improved lighting in both Harvard Yard and in the Cambridge Common...
Quote of the Week:"The talk around the pool was, 'Here come those Harvard geeks. We're going to blow them out of the water.' I think we really shocked the West Coast with our play." --Harvard men's water polo Co-Captain Andy Freed after the Crimson took two of five games at the Berkeley Invitational last weekend, including a win over 21st-ranked Harvey Mudd. Harvard played number-one Cal-Berkeley close, eventually losing...
...talk around the pool was 'Here come those Harvard geeks. We're going to blow them out of the water,'" Co-Captain Andy Freed said. "I think we really shocked the West Coast with our play...