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...Fairer winds and course conditions on day two played directly into Harvard’s hands, though, mitigating the size and strength advantage enjoyed by the national crews...
...power. To gain that power, politicians manipulate religious and ethnic differences. At the center of the web is the all-powerful central government in Abuja. Nigerians have long called for a national debate on the way the country is governed. Many want greater autonomy for the states and a fairer distribution of the oil wealth. Obasanjo, a retired general and born-again southern Christian who was re-elected for a second term last year, has repeatedly rejected such a discussion, because, says another Western diplomat, "it would just be a long-drawn-out exercise of Nigerians complaining about the obvious...
Females already have cleavage that many people, including Dartboard, wouldn’t mind seeing 12 inches of. Seemingly unsatisfied with the status quo, however, too many members of the fairer sex have opted for more. Only this new sort of cleavage is far less to Dartboard’s liking. It’s so evil a town in Louisiana is near to passing a law against it. Dartboard rallies behind men from this town like Westwego City Councilman Glenn Green, who said simply, “I don’t relish seeing the beginning of the crease...
Perhaps the biggest red flag is the auction that Google will use to distribute shares. The process allows all investors to enter a bid. That's fairer than most IPOs, in which only the well-connected get a chance. But unlike a typical auction, in which the highest bid sets the price for all shares, Google's reserves the right to add more shares, which would lead to a lower per-share price. Why do such a thing? To make sure the IPO price doesn't hit an unsustainable level--a risk at any fevered auction...
...encouragement of his roommate, he hastily cobbled together a production of a short play he had written, Kiddie Pool, which dealt with two insecure young men and their quest for the attentions of the fairer sex. “It’s just great to have the freedom and environment and a crew of people that you can call up to put up lights and…find a way to bust out a play in a week and a half,” he says...