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...University has a proud tradition of helping students affected by disaster. Waivers and deferments have been offered before, to students whose countries have suffered economic collapse or political crisis. Last year it reached out to students hurt by the Red River flood. All members of the University community should work to ensure Asia's economic maelstrom doesn't drown our fellow students...
...measure of failure could upset the markets. For example, today's benign inflation and low interest rates are partly the result of cheap oil prices. And Wall Street expects that a defeated Iraq would be allowed to flood the world with oil to raise money to rebuild, which is one reason the price of crude has slumped since October from $23 to $16 per bbl. But would Iraq be treated with such kindness if an allied mission were unsuccessful? Doubtful. Such an outcome could reverse psychology in the oil market and send prices higher, stoking inflation and squeezing stocks...
...Flood waters burst through the window, damaging packages. Where's Jack Dawson when we need...
...play umbrella and worked the puck around the Crimson zone. It only took a few passes before Tom Poti, the Tournament MVP, rifled a right-point blast toward the Harvard net. Camped out in the low slot was freshman Nick Gillis who tipped in the game-winner, opening the flood gates to the B.U. bench...
Most lawmakers are focused on a nightmarish vision in which billionaires and celebrities flood the world with genetic copies of themselves. But scientists say it's unlikely that anyone is going to be churning out limited editions of Michael Jordan or Madeleine Albright. "Oh, it can be done," says Dr. Mark Sauer, chief of reproductive endocrinology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. "It's just that the best people, who could do it, aren't going to be doing...