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...even with Corbin’s dynamic leadership and Harvard’s generosity, PBHA leaders still said they did not expect the problems surrounding the summer camps to disappear...
...were two friends from Nebraska, "both well over 50 and great H.P. fans." They proudly declared that they drove "100-plus miles to a bookstore in Rapid City, S.D., for the 12:01 a.m. release of Book 5." And an Arizona man wrote, "If everyone under 18 were to disappear from the face of the earth, the newest Potter book would still sell 3 million copies, including...
...artillery battalion there last month. Though checkpoints in Grozny had been dismantled in the spring to show that peace was breaking out, more checkpoints were established around Chechen villages last month. And Russian soldiers have never stopped their practice of rounding up suspects in midnight raids. The detainees often disappear without a trace or are later found dead. "Putin has already pushed his forces to the limit," says a senior federal government official. "Now he is sending in his last reserves. Putin will carry on blindly, spilling more Russian and Chechen blood." A handful of liberals in the Duma - Shchekochikhin...
...peace broker. Just two days after Aqaba, Hamas, one of the most militant terrorist groups operating in the Palestinian territories, scuttled a meeting with Abbas to discuss a cease-fire. And if Bush sides with Sharon, the stature the President has only just secured with the Arabs will disappear. "The summit was fine and dandy," says a senior Arab diplomat who participated in the sessions. "But there will be a snag. If Bush steps in and clears it up, everyone will fall into line behind him. If he doesn't, they'll write him off." And yet the risks...
...fairly radical findings. Young funds tend to have high expense ratios--an average of 1.53% of assets for funds less than three years old, vs. 1.48% for all others--and so face a higher hurdle before they make money for investors. They also blow up more often and quietly disappear. As for drilling down into their portfolios, that has always been a good idea--to get a sense of what the fund manager likes to own. Yet with the typical stock-fund-turnover rate of 105%, that information gets stale fast. "There's no substitute for proven management...