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...country's Buddhist monks. But amid this week's devastation, relatively few of those soldiers have shown up to offer assistance. Meanwhile, the monks have reportedly been warned not to open their monasteries to the homeless for sanctuary. Government bureaucrats, meanwhile, are said to be charging a fee for building materials they are in charge of "distributing...
...Delhi about three times a year for checkups and to try to get him the operation he needs. Last year, after years bouncing between hospitals and clinics, their son got an appointment to have the vital tests he needs before an operation. The family scraped together the $120 fee and traveled the 180 miles (290 km) to India's capital by train. But when they arrived they discovered the machine at the government hospital they had been visiting was broken and unlikely to be working anytime soon. Which is how the family came to be at AIIMS one morning late...
Even with two-way connectivity, makers may still allow consumers to opt out of subscribing to the unit-tracking function, in part because that service would increase the annual fee - about $50 - that many companies already charge to transmit traffic updates and other information. What's more, it's not the average consumer who would track down a criminal to get his TomTom or Mio back. But the fact that it could be tracked at all would serve as a powerful deterrent; it would also help authorities locate and bust larger-scale crime rings, which typically hawk stolen electronics...
...fiscal year of 2009. Not only do these increases heighten already problematic economic barriers for international visitors, but their purpose—to upgrade a federal surveillance program —reflects an abhorrently nativist governmental view toward non-immigrant visitors. The proposals seek to increase the fees for internationals by charging both the schools that admit foreign students and the individual students and exchange-visitors (such as camp counselors and au pairs) themselves. More specifically, the fees are aimed at bolstering the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), administered by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP...
...national treasure.” Co-star of the film and first-time producer Warren Beatty begged studios all over Hollywood to pick up the film. When Warner Bros. finally agreed to make it, they offered Beatty 40% of the total gross rather than the usual flat fee, thinking that it would save them money if the film flopped.At first the public was revolted by what it deemed to be the film’s glorification of violence. “Bonnie and Clyde” was not the first film to depict violence, but it was among the first...