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...that a slowing economy has burst the hiring bubble in financial services, OCS is making a greater effort to help students find careers in other areas. They’ve organized 15 “cluster areas,” ranging from human rights to sports management...
...best, this reflects the closeness of the human-animal bond. After Hurricane Katrina, one of the most moving stories told was of an old man found floating with his dog on a trailer tire. When asked to leave the dog, he refused, stating simply that he’d lose everything except the one creature he knew he could trust...
...Marasco, the project’s principal researcher, said an effective human flu vaccine may be ready for use within three years...
...Making that calculation, of course, requires placing a dollar value on human life, which can mean getting into some sensitive areas. Sunstein has written in support of what some people call the "senior death discount," the statistical practice of taking into account years of life expectancy when evaluating a regulation. By that measure, for example, it would be harder to justify spending to correct an environmental hazard that posed more of a threat to the elderly than one that was more dangerous to children, who have many more years ahead of them...
...case with its reputation untarnished. Evidence submitted to the British courts to support the case for the release of the classified material alleges complicity by British intelligence in Mohamed's torture. Britain's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has ordered an investigation to be conducted by Britain's attorney general. Human rights organization Amnesty International is pushing for an independent inquiry...