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...Over the past decade, inflation has been a minor threat compared with brutal deflationary shocks. They started with the collapse of the Mexican peso in the mid-1990s. In 1997, much of eastern Asia's flourishing economy was leveled. Next were Russia, Turkey and Argentina; Brazil teetered on the brink. By early 2001, Silicon Valley, the pride of the U.S. economy, was crashing, while entire sectors of the so-called New Economy disintegrated...
...alone isn't reason enough to give up the fight to return such important cultural artifacts to their rightful birth places. "Of course museums like those in Turkey need to be improved and more people need to have access to these works," says Gul Pulhan, a Yale-educated Near Eastern archeologist and assistant professor at Istanbul's Koc University. "But the solution is not to insist on this idea that richer nations are more entitled to these artifacts...
...countries named in the Amnesty and Council reports have all denied they helped the CIA in the renditions. Poland and Romania claim they had no secret prisons, but the European Parliament pledged Tuesday to spend another six months investigating those allegations, and may send fact-finding missions to both Eastern European countries. The U.S. government insists it doesn't practice torture or condone it in other countries. Marty has acknowledged he has no hard evidence on the CIA rendition network nor European collusion in it. But he insists that there's enough circumstantial evidence to hold Europe culpable...
...right)—the winner of the John Tudor Memorial Cup as the team MVP—guided the Crimson to an Ivy League title, an ECAC championship, and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.POWER STROKE For yet another season, Harvard dominated the competition in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League, earning a share of the regular-season crown. Co-captains Bill Cocks and seven-time All-American Dave Cromwell, and classmate Daniel Rybalko were awarded the Harold S. Ullen Trophy for demonstrating leadership and sportsmanship and for emphasizing team cooperation, a crucial factor in the Crimson?...
...same Regatta. “That was probably one of our worst races of the season,” Martin said after the event. “We had problems from the beginning.” With those disappointing finishes behind it, the Black and White went into Eastern Sprints and rowed as well as it had all season. Radcliffe finished fourth overall, and every boat reached the Grand Finals in its class, a feat no other crew except Brown was able to accomplish. The second novice boat finished second and the second varsity finished third, while the first varsity...