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...doing all the reading. It’s not pleasant, but the path is clear and there are many factors that contribute to the final grade. In science classes, which give numbers for grades on the midterms and finals, the only way to ensure that A is to collect the requisite number of points. Of course, no one knows that number until the course is finished...
...stolen or applied to illegal purposes, and trust that an enterprise's accounts will accurately reflect the state of its business. Company directors, lawyers and accountants are said to have "fiduciary" duties--the word derives from Latin for trust--that place upon them obligations to do more than collect fees and salaries...
...Given such official intransigence, the best chance of restitution rests with individuals like Kusaka, the businessman who returned the stone sculptures to Korea last summer. Kusaka started to collect Korean artifacts only after the war, in part so his wife and daughter would have beautiful bowls to use in the tea ceremony. He planned to build a museum in central Japan to house his collection of stone figures and blue celadon?until he met Korean business tycoon Chun Shin Il, who has spent years buying lost Korean sculptures. Over cups of sake, Chun explained to Kusaka his mission to repatriate...
Bush’s proposal would cancel a GOP policy enacted in 1996, which required legal immigrants to live in the United States for at least 10 years before becoming eligible to collect the federal food aid. At the time, the plan was defended by Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), saying that, “Immigrants should come to the U.S. with their sleeves rolled up, ready to work, not with their hands out, ready to go on welfare.” However, Gingrich, who as speaker of the House championed the Welfare Reform Act that included the stricter eligibility...
Kolarik—his legs pumping like pistons as he spun in front of the Yale goal—was able to collect a rebound on his backhand side and flip it past Lombard. The ever-energetic Kolarik was knocked off-balance as the puck crossed the red line, so it was with his helmet half-off and his back on the ice that he celebrated his fifth of the year...