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...ongoing cleanup effort. That is not welcome news for Exxon. The company has spent $2 billion so far on the cleanup, has been indicted by the Federal Government for allowing an incompetent crew to operate the tanker and has replaced Hazelwood in many hearts and minds as the real culprit in the tragedy...
...weak yen has been a prime culprit in Japan's trouble, raising the threat of inflation and putting upward pressure on interest rates. The yen has sagged largely because of the quickening outflow of Japan's immense cash hoard to other countries, where Japanese investors have found investments more lucrative or stable than at home. Says Nomura's Koo: "We got into this mess because Japanese investors were always moving money abroad." Example: Ito- Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain, agreed last week to pay $400 million for a 75% stake in Southland Corp., the Dallas-based operator...
...lead to recruitment scandals and other abuses. "The more pressure you put on, the greater the chances are for coaches to take shortcuts," says Bob Frederick, athletic director at the University of Kansas. Harry Edwards, sports sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley, sees TV as a major culprit in the corruption of sports. "The eyes of the athlete have shifted from what you can do to challenge yourself," he says, "to how much money you can make...
...weekly drawing will determine which 5% of the student athletes must submit urine samples. In addition, two athletes each week will be screened for steroids. Anyone who flunks the tests will be required to meet with a counselor. When chemical dependency is found, the culprit must enter a treatment program, and faces suspension from the team. The athlete can rejoin the squad after 30 days if he or she then tests clean. The Flossmoor plan has the support of a federal-appeals-court decision in a similar case last year as well as of 70% of the students surveyed...
...inaccessability--often, students must eke through a pot-luck lottery to enroll. In addition, seminars and other small departmental courses are many times squeezed out of a student's schedule by the inevitable Core classes. The Core, invariably huge and intimidatingly impersonal, may well be the biggest culprit in depriving students of faculty contact...