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...Since the Nomad's fees are paid for by the company wanting to be listed, it might seem AIM is built on a giant conflict of interest, but Nomads counter that traditional auditors and accountants are company-paid, too. In practice, says Philip Secrett, a partner at Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, one of the largest Nomads, only a "small minority" progress onto AIM; most are turned away for being too immature or unsound. And there is AIM's track record: around 3% of AIM-listed companies fail annually, a figure roughly comparable with the main market...
MARION: Memorably embodied by Karen Allen, Marion (Raiders of the Lost Ark) was a two-fisted drinker, a bare-knuckle fighter (unless confined to a wicker basket) and a perfect romantic foil for the rakish Dr. Jones. She was Rosalind Russell to his Cary Grant, Bette Davis to his Errol Flynn--in short, a helluva dame...
...that’s currently doing what we’re doing in the area,” Bolduc-Hicks said. “It’s taken four years to develop what we offer at this point.” The program is now supported by a grant from the American Red Cross, according to CHA’s website. The study analyzed data on all firefighter deaths in the United States between 1999 and 2004, excluding those connected with the September 11 terrorist attacks. —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu...
...within an academic year by an ad hoc committee composed of both Harvard professors outside the candidate’s department and professors from universities around the country within the same discipline. Instead the committee, presided over by Bok, met this March—postponing the decision whether to grant Kaufman tenure by nearly one year...
...majority? The people will decide who's in the next parliament [in elections] at the beginning of June. If the French beat back the PS and the UMP [in the final May 6 vote for president], as I think they want to, I promise you that they won't grant those partisans a majority in June. They'll vote for all those who want to participate in the new gathering of forces I'm proposing...