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...lost interest in any potential share swap with Telecom, reportedly frustrated by government meddling. Tronchetti Provera's resignation as Telecom chairman, initially blamed on the spat with Prodi, is more likely just a case of finding a good time to bail. His five years at the helm of the fifth largest European telecom company were disappointing, and the recent lopping off of the mobile unit was a complete U-turn after it had been fused with the fixed-line only two years ago, contends Michele Pollo, chairman of the economics department at Milan's Bocconi University. "It's hard...
...disillusionment with Ralph grew. By the fifth day I was so frustrated I was ready to quit, thinking I'd be better off with one hand. On Feb. 11, I was invited to meet with my rehab team of eight people. Lieut. Colonel Paul Pasquina, medical director of the Army's amputee-care program, cited a few options to the myoelectric arm, including a body-powered prosthesis. They were lighter, unencumbered at the elbow, and ended in a hook. Pasquina said I might adopt a hook as a trademark that people would come to respect for its straightforward honesty...
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Shopping classes also allows a student to get a feel for the various concentrations that our fine institution has to offer. Studying WGS is not a good choice for those pursuing MRS degrees. The psychology department has no windows in half of its classrooms. Human evolutionary biology, on the fifth floor of the Peabody Museum, has too many stairs to climb, and the elevator is really scary...
...natural resources, including strip mining and clear-cutting of forests. Though Pinchot and his supporters won the debate and left an imprint on American environmental policy that has lasted decades, the pendulum has lately swung too far—under President Bush, the Interior Department, which controls a full fifth of the nation’s land, has allowed unjustifiable exploitation of the territory in its trust. Instead of balancing the needs of the economy and businesses against the imperative to preserve America’s wilderness for future generations, the Bush administration has given priority and far too much...