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Hana R. Alberts ’06, a news executive and comp director, is a history and science concentrator in Mather House. She doesn’t bother showering or brushing her hair before she heads out to the bars in New York City, since, you know, first impressions don’t matter much anyway...
...orchestrate the Live 8 concerts in an effort to raise awareness of some very important issues in the run-up to a G8 conference. But it is quite another thing when he goes so far as to tell Canada’s head of government not to bother attending the Gleneagles Summit unless he’s willing to implement, posthaste, a major shift in his country’s foreign aid policy. Geldof crossed the line with his admonition of Prime Minister Martin, which is a real shame, because the man just might have a point, after...
...which free traders respond: Don't bother. If a Chinese company wants to pay a hefty premium to (mostly) U.S. shareholders, and guarantee the bulk of Unocal'S jobs to boot, why should those shareholders be prevented from selling? After all, Japan 15 years ago wasn't exactly an open economy when its flagship companies began buying everything from Rockefeller Center to Hollywood movie studios. The Japanese, it turned out, got taken like tourists. --Reported by Eric Roston/Washington
...conflict between the Indonesian military and separatist rebels in aceh hampered your work? Some of the international relief workers have had problems. But the [separatists] don't bother us. When we enter rebel-controlled areas we just show our reconstruction agency IDs, and they respect them. Likewise with the military...
...into. "Our guests just went in the rooms and paid the next day," Harriet said. "Well, those days of leaving your door unlocked are gone." And so are the days of the hotel. Now it serves as a Trailways Bus stop (not a station; Harriet does not want the bother). A GO BIG RED sign out front announces the 7:15 a.m. to Albuquerque, the 8 a.m. to Farmington, the 8 p.m. to Albuquerque and the 11:55 p.m. to Farmington, with connections to Salt Lake City...