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Entitled “Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials: A Report Card and Action Plan,” the report warns of dire consequences unless the U.S. takes a more active role in monitoring and safeguarding nuclear facilities...

Author: By Alessandra J. Bosco, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Finds U.S. Prone to Attack | 3/14/2003 | See Source »

...None of these endeavors, however, have ever compared the social situation at Harvard with a control example—for instance another prestigious school with an equally ambitious and homely student body, albeit with worse dental hygiene. So here is my attempt to shed some scientific light on the dire sexual situation at Harvard...

Author: By Alexander S. Grodd, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nuggets of Wisdom | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...this case, a total industry collapse is virtually certain," says the report. Such an event would ripple throughout the economy, since the US aviation market is huge: it is valued at $800 billion and employs 10 million jobs. The ATA's study concludes by raising the specter of a dire proposition: "...it becomes starkly clear that...the forced nationalization of our airline system" is one of the risks the country confronts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Airlines: From Bad to Nationalized? | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...United States has a moral obligation to help countries whose citizens are in such dire states of poverty and suffering; we should earmark a much larger portion of the federal budget for developmental assistance and direct aid. And our foreign aid should neither be distributed based on a narrow foreign policy agenda, nor should it be directed at corrupt regimes...

Author: By Nicholas F.B. Smyth, | Title: Fight Suffering With Foreign Aid | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

Roberto Cavalli isn't the only fashion company doing well in a shaky economy. Coach, Burberry, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Zara and Yves Saint Laurent are all selling well. So what's the magic formula for getting customers in the door in dire times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Figures | 3/2/2003 | See Source »

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