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Adult forces--parents, schools, churches--find it hard to compete with pop culture. Some schools have dress codes that outlaw visible underwear, but enforcing a ban on something as subtle as a thong isn't easy, as a vice principal at a San Diego high school learned to the detriment of her career last year. Her methodology left something to be desired: she was demoted after she lifted skirts for an undies inspection before allowing girls into a school dance...
...others who pay them big fees. Market-timing violations are far more widespread than late trading. The cases against Janus, Strong and Bank One are limited to market timing, which academic studies show can raise costs as much as 2% of a fund's assets each year--a detriment to long-term holders...
Californians have a short attention span. Show me one Governor in the country whose state is not suffering from severe budget problems. To the detriment of the nation, billions of federal dollars that might have been used to help the states are subsidizing the rich and funding a war that should never have happened. We have lost the ideals of the New Deal and the Great Society, which were put in place to help all Americans, and we have lost the respect and admiration of the world. Schwarzenegger wouldn't save California; he would terminate it. SABINO RODRIGUEZ Daytona Beach...
Illingworth’s departure follows the ouster of Lewis in March and a restructuring of the College administration that combines the oversight of academic and extracurricular matters—some say to the detriment of the latter...
Portman’s letter emphasized the common historical origins and racial similarities of warring Israelis and Palestinians and condemned the notion that either group could be vindicated to the detriment of the other...