Word: fixes
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...meets for the first time tomorrow, it must remember that current students continue to deal with all the flaws and frustrations of the Core Curriculum. And while we understand that implementing an entirely new curriculum takes time, many of the Core’s major problems are easy to fix and can be addressed within the next few weeks. Perhaps the worst feature of the Core is its limited course offerings. This semester, for example, only three courses count for Historical Studies B, and only five are offered in the spring. And for students choosy enough to want a halfway...
...PILDAT's Mehboob disagrees. He reckons that of all Pakistan's imperfect leaders, Musharraf is the best of the lot. "Nobody can fix all the problems in this country. But Musharraf promised Pakistan when he took power that he would fix democracy. And now he has that opportunity. It may not be in the way he wanted, but by stepping down now he can do more for democracy in this country than any other leader." That's a legacy worth leaving...
...sellers are sweetening the deal. Paying closing costs is common, as is ponying up cash for expenses like condo fees and renovations. If you fix the place up before you sell, stick to the kitchen and bathrooms, since renos in those rooms (along with new siding and windows) return the most, says a survey in Remodeling...
...Michael Clayton (Clooney) is a "fixer": a lawyer whose savvy and connections can get his firm's clients out of tight spots. They call him a miracle worker, but he says he's just a janitor, cleaning up other people's messes. But Clayton has no one to fix his own troubles: a heavy debt exacerbated by an addiction to gambling - and, lately, to losing. Born into a working-class Irish-American family that also weighs on him, Michael was a policeman before joining the firm. The question the film asks: Is he, at heart, a cop who collars...
...late summer, two of the items--9/11 reforms and an increase in the minimum wage--had become law, while Bush had vetoed funding for stem-cell research. Proposals to reduce subsidies for oil companies and expand Pell grants remain tied up in conference committees; a bill to fix Medicare's prescription-drug problem has stalled in the Senate. Still, the GOP passed only two of the 11 Contract with America items in its first year back in charge...