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...fact that Belgium has a substantially larger quota than India, Brazil or Mexico?" asks Ariel Buira, of the Mexican Council for International Affairs. The IMF's legions of critics even include other international agencies. Malcolm Knight, a former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements - a sort of club for central bankers - recently blasted the IMF in an article that described its performance as "less than evenhanded or effective," and accused it of being asleep at the wheel in the months before the current economic turmoil. "The IMF was uncharacteristically disengaged from the debate on growing economic and financial...
...know what many of you are thinking. Harvard has cheerleaders? And even for those of you who have been to a basketball or football game and seen them in action, how many knew that this bubbly club J.V. team is a fully-fledged Division I large co-ed squad? That’s right, and you know what else is probably news? They’re good. Actually, really good...
...time, as the Ivy Championships will take place next weekend. The Caves Valley tournament was introduced this year by Yale to serve as a final chance for the Ancient Eight schools to test the waters before the three-day Ivy League Championship begins Friday at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, N.J. Bucknell and George Washington rounded out the eight-team field, and the golfers got to attend a special dinner Saturday night with guest speaker Mark Whittaker, who is the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News.After gaining momentum back at Caves Valley, the Crimson is poised to make...
...should not a Faculty Club admit students? Will not students one day assume the roles of professors and successful business professionals themselves? Is this not the ideal time to initiate them into the mysterious world of cutlery, fine wines, and so forth? The situation is what our banking friends so aptly call a “win-win”: you rub shoulders with graying dignitaries, we enjoy the presence of fresh-faced visitors and potential future donors. The logic, you must agree, is impeccable...
...Grocers are eager to hand over their goods to the auction houses once they know they're not going to sell them in the store. For example Clyde DeHart, owner of DeHart's Auction Service in Carlisle, Pa., takes "scratch n' dent" items from a nearby BJ's Wholesale Club store. Since BJ's sells in bulk, if one can of corn gets smashed in the truck, the whole case can't be displayed in the store. So DeHart takes the case, throws out the bad can, and auctions off the rest. If, say, a bag of Iams dog food...