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...coalition's technological advantage is less important when the combat is face to face and takes place in neighborhoods the Iraqis know and control. Intelligence will be crucial: blueprints of the city's infrastructure and satellite photos to identify Iraqi movement will help, as will specially designed urban-combat gear...
...Another glitch was timing. The quarantine measures did not go into effect until March 31, three days after they were announced. That lag proved crucial. In the interim, SARS cases at Amoy Gardens soared from seven to 213, and before a lockdown could be implemented there, 113 families living in the complex packed their bags and fled. Instead of separating them from the rest of the city, health officials lost track of them...
...hard to see why it's crucial to halt the spread of SARS, and not just for health reasons. The economic toll could be devastating. Some economists predict that the hit to Hong Kong's travel and retail sectors will drag the city's 2003 GDP-growth rate down by one-fifth or more, a loss of more than $1 billion. Last week Stephen Roach, chief economist for Morgan Stanley, said SARS is "just another nail in the coffin" for the global economy, which is already stumbling from the Iraq war. He predicts a worldwide recession will begin this year...
...more than semantic attempts at appeasement. Harvard’s note on the Ad Board’s website that “supporting information” can be nearly anything, including evidence of having told just one person about the incident, is another positive change. It is now crucial for Harvard to publicize this more lenient standard of “supporting information” and to standardize this new language in all of its printed and online material, so that victims who consider taking their cases to the Ad Board will not be dissuaded by what they perceive...
This raises a second crucial point: if so much hinges on the investigation itself and the presence or lack of “supporting information,” it is essential that people carrying out the investigation are well-qualified. Unfortunately, under the current rules, the Ad Board members charged with this responsibility receive no training about how to investigate and deliberate on sexual assault cases. Thus, crucial evidence can be missed and irrelevant information may find its way into the hearing. Instead, everyone involved in the investigation and hearing phases of sexual assault cases—including Ad Board...