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...proceeds stemming from the auction freeze will aggravate the city's budget deficit. Last year's shortfall was more than $8 billion, or 5% of GDP, and this year's is expected to be even greater. Hong Kong's $113 billion in currency reserves are not in any immediate danger of running out, but a chronic deficit could undermine the government's perceived financial stability. There is speculation that corporate taxes could be increased or a sales tax instituted to compensate for the auction freeze?further damaging Hong Kong's reputation as a haven for business. Still, with its future...
This past May officers of the Ivy Club—a premier eating club at Princeton—faced punishments for bringing an intoxicated student out to the street after they had called for help. Three were charged by the Princeton police for “recklessly creating a dangerous situation for the victim, obstructing an investigation and tampering with evidence” and one was also charged with “serving alcohol to a minor,” according to The New York Times. Had these students not taken the initiative to call for help, however, the intoxicated...
...Some Americans may question the evidentiary standards used to determine just who is eligible for summary execution-by-drone, but such qualms are likely to be muted by claims that the Yemen strike eliminated an active al-Qaeda kingpin. The danger arises when such operations go awry, particularly on the basis of bad intelligence - as has happened more than once in air strikes over Afghanistan. Positively identifying suspects usually requires human intelligence input from the ground, and therein lies considerable room for both mistakes and manipulation. Such mistakes cost the U.S. dearly, and officials are likely to demand extra precautions...
...minutes later, Seinfeld is holding a tray in the Time & Life Building's company cafeteria, waiting in line to order a cheeseburger. "And I'll take some of those waffle fries too," he says with a raised eyebrow to the counterman. Earlier, Seinfeld had said that "the danger for a successful comedian is to get a nice mansion in a gated community. You have to put yourself in harm's way, as I do." The counterman hands Seinfeld his burger. "Can I get a pickle with that?" he asks pleasantly...
...like to keep a common experience for all our undergraduates,” he said. “If we went to a distribution requirement, this is such a research-oriented university that there is a danger that the courses that exist now would not appear in the catalog...