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...dire straits in which PBHA’s summer camps find themselves now did not come entirely as a surprise, said Dominguez...
Reports of lost or misdirected data and an ineffective data-entry system became more dire when many institutions—Harvard not among them—complained publicly that the INS offered insufficient support for administrators learning to use the new system...
...live music, head to Palmer Vineyards along Sound Avenue, where the owners offer a full calendar of social events throughout the summer and fall. Bob and Lorraine Palmer's place is also a historic gem. A ramshackle 18th century farmhouse came with the property. Even though it was in dire shape, the Palmers couldn't bear to tear it down. Instead, Lorraine renovated the house with period furniture and detailing, right down to the pineapple-print wallpaper. One of the biggest events of the year is the spring Yard Sale Weekend, when the Palmers sell their excess wine at half...
...been the sharp, widely felt surge in quality of life of the sort that Rudolph Giuliani's crime crackdown brought to New York. In last week's speech, Blair offered a tangled road map out of these difficulties, amounting to slightly greater local control of public services, layered in dire warnings about the Conservatives - not that they yet stand any chance of beating Labour. A major rethink of core strategy is just not in the cards. A Blair aide says, "He's not thinking about leaving, but he's thinking about his legacy, which means that psychologically he may have...
...TREATING THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO AS FACT. One official said the process often went this way: the agency would send to the Pentagon three ways to interpret one piece of information, such as a new satellite photo or telephone intercept, and the Pentagon would always opt for the most dire explanation. This inclination accounts in part for the controversial conclusion by the Defense Department that Iraq's aluminum tubes were for the production of uranium for nuclear weapons. Seasoned experts at the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California disagreed, but their view--the most expert government interpretation...