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...business worldwide, but not against OPEC. It seems to be untouchable. The OPEC members are probably using all the cash sucked from the consumers to buy up stocks of companies in the industrialized world at half price. Unless the stranglehold of OPEC on the world's oil supply is broken, the world will remain at its mercy. Willem Boshoff, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA...
...dorm on the east side of Commonwealth Ave. until further study. He added that approval of the master plan does not constitute a blanket authorization for every project that the BC has proposed, and that each building will have to undergo a separate review process before ground can be broken...
...soon becomes friends with an elderly woman from Iran whom he meets on daily visits to a park. “Madam,” as he calls her, speaks English as well—or, rather, as poorly—as he does, and the pair communicates through broken English, gestures, and their native languages. They form a close bond and anxiously wait each morning for their daily conversations. But when their children step in, the two find that their lives and their friendship are not entirely under their control. In Mr. Shi’s case, his daughter...
...meeting of city officials and community members. Karen A. Hacker, executive director of the Institute for Community Health and a professor at Harvard Medical School, presented findings from the most recent mental health surveys conducted at the city’s middle and high schools. The results, which were broken down by race and language spoken at home, showed that Asian high school students reported feeling sad or hopeless for two or more weeks more frequently than other racial groups. They were also most likely to have considered suicide, while multiracial students were most likely to have actually attempted...
...settlement as his best option. "I wanted to hide it," he said, and "make it go away," though he admitted to being "ashamed" of the affair and for putting himself in a "stupid situation," and felt "remorse" for embarrassing himself and his wife and daughter. Mahoney insists he's broken no laws, as the money came from personal funds and not campaign or taxpayer money. And he'll stay in the race. "I've tried my best. I've been a good congressman. I haven't done anything wrong," Mahoney said...