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...although most cities and towns have resumed a cautious normality, few Haitians feel reassured. The high cost of living continues to persist; and the government is virtually non-existent. Worse, there's no guarantee when a new administration will be installed. And even if one is established, will it be equipped to handle the country's problems any better than the one that was just removed...
...cars - at a time when the Kenyan economy is slowing down and hundreds of thousands of displaced people still need help. The Institute of Certified Public Accountants has said the country will not be able to afford the financial burden of several new ministries, which it estimated would each cost 8.8 billion shillings (about $140 million) per year...
...arranging meetings with the basketball coaching staff, Max began the transfer application process to Harvard College. The long and complicated transfer application required writing two comprehensive essays, compiling a transcript drawn from two countries, and drawing necessary documents from his home in France and schools in the States (which cost him a 75 dollar translation fee). Not only was Max able to pull all this information together and submit it along with the 65 dollar application fee, in addition to the 43 dollars the College Board charges to submit SAT scores, but he was able to do it all without...
...take away that inning and it’s a completely different ball game,” Vance said. “There were a couple of plays that didn’t quite go our way and that cost us the game...
...officials confidence the president could gradually resume his role as both the motor and icon of policy and governmental direction. But the tussles in the cabinet, along with France's lamentable economic situation, may leave Sarkozy no option but to return again to the front lines of government. His cost-cutting announcements this week involved just a few of the 166 programs he's targeted to claw back over $10 billion in annual spending, with the aim of balancing the French budget by 2012. That will provoke considerable pain and resistance from the public, and doubtless more slides in polls...