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...Some involved in monitoring the trade think all that's needed is a firm demonstration that child abuse will no longer be tolerated. "Hover a helicopter over one of those boats, drop a boarding party on the deck, and it wouldn't happen again," says a senior ngo worker. But RAMSI chief Batley says "one show of force is not going to solve the problem." Commissioner Castles says he will follow up Junelyn's story and investigate the other allegations in the unicef report. Yet for all of RAMSI's successes to date, this is an area where authorities...
...mediocre private investigator hired by Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray to investigate the possibility her husband, Hollis Mulwray, the chief engineer of the water department, is having an affair. Soon, Hollis is found dead and the real Evelyn (Faye Dunaway) threatens to sue Jake if he doesn’t drop the case...
...lose the first game [this weekend], we’re in the consolation game, so that’s certainly not something we want to do,” Walsh said. “But I think we’ll be ready for the drop of the puck [against Dartmouth].” The Crimson split the season series with the Big Green, with each team winning on its home ice in dominating fashion. Harvard took the first game, 6-2, in both teams’ first regular season matchup of the season, while Dartmouth captured the most recent...
...eight in the morning, and Katharine T. Waterman ’09 is doing the high knee crawl across the floor of the gym, a fake M-16 cradled in her arms. It’s a drill she does over and over. Wait for the signal, race forward, drop to the ground. She drags herself ahead with her elbows, knees scraping against the floor. The hard rubber M-16 is heavier than it looks. Waterman woke up two hours ago to catch the 6:20 a.m. shuttle to MIT. She didn’t eat breakfast, just...
These industry analysts are not entirely incorrect; according to The Hollywood Reporter, attendance slid from 1.54 to 1. 4 billion moviegoers between 2004 and 2005—an 8.7% drop. Unsurprisingly, revenue is down as well: the Motion Picture Association of America reports a 6% drop in domestic ticket sales and a 7.9% decline internationally...