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...1980s, governments across Europe poured in billions of dollars of state aid in an attempt to keep it alive. But times have changed. State aid is now banned, barring exceptional circumstances. And with the emergence of China, India, Brazil and Russia as fast-growing world economic forces, demand for all sorts of basic materials from oil to platinum has been on the rise. Steel prices have doubled in the past four years, and worldwide output of an industry once written off as moribund has risen by more than 30% since...
...meals in expensive restaurants or golf outings like Abramoff paid for are not offered free of charge to the average person. Gary K. Madson Lancaster, Virginia, U.S. Time's headline said it all. But you can't buy what isn't for sale. When are American voters going to demand elected leaders who will put the common good of the people above their self-interest? If we keep electing incumbents with for sale signs hanging from their necks, we will get what we deserve: a government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. Wayne Jacobsen Moorpark, California...
...remember. But it took a couple of false starts as a secretary and, disastrously, a schoolteacher before she settled into a 10-year stint as a subeditor on serial titles such as The Fisherman's Handbook and Great Composers. It was a no-nonsense school of writing that might demand a four-page story or a poem to accompany a leftover illustration - by lunchtime. McCaughrean calls it "the best job I ever had," and the discipline has stood her in good stead since 1982 when she persuaded Oxford University Press to let her rewrite One Thousand and One Arabian Nights...
...participate. Finally, all courses that section—notably introductory language classes—should make the final deadline for choosing a section as late as possible. Many of these courses require students to commit to a particular meeting time within the first day of shopping period, an unreasonable demand for students still unsure of the hours that they will be available. Pushing back the sectioning deadline wouldn’t preclude these classes from meeting during the first week of the semester; students could instead attend any section of the course for which they plan to register during this...
...allure of this course is obvious: We love to eat. Back again by popular demand, the course’s popularity last spring is likely a testament to students’ cravings for food beyond the routine dining hall menu. Over a quarter of students last spring took Social Analysis 70 as an elective, not to fulfill a Core requiremnt, and the course can be expected to draw another hungry crowd this shopping period as well...