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Organizers are currently planning a large rally to bolster student support for the cause...
...only 7% of the weight?didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although the public of both Japan and the U.S. were surprised at the presence of civilians on the Greeneville, the Navy routinely invites dignitaries aboard its vessels to bolster public support for its missions. In 1999 the Pacific Fleet's subs hosted 1,132 civilians on 45 trips...
...only 7% of the weight--didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although the public of both Japan and the U.S. were surprised at the presence of civilians on the Greeneville, the Navy routinely invites dignitaries aboard its vessels to bolster public support for its missions. In 1999 the Pacific Fleet's subs hosted 1,132 civilians on 45 trips...
...services are more easily exchanged-but it also means that maladies like bse can seep across borders with less resistance. "It is virtually impossible to isolate the European countries from one another," European Commission President Romano Prodi said recently. "We are all one big country." But such bromides only bolster European fears about lost national identity and fuel suspicions that even the most basic concerns of life, such as what we eat, are determined by the ruthless logic of the global marketplace and the unaccountable corporations and bureaucrats who run it. It's no surprise that the bse crisis...
Pension funds may have profited nicely when the equity markets were booming, but now a range of companies are struggling to bolster their pension plans to make up for the markets' swoon. This does not mean your pension is in danger, just that companies may have to scramble to make up for lost profits--a potential matter of concern if you're an investor...