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...more about the rhetoric of 'beyond petroleum' than the reality." The 51,000 shares sold by the WWF will make no financial dent in a company worth billions, but any perception that one of the few "green" oil companies has lost its way could sting. Still, spokesmen insist BP deserves its green stripes, and that its operations in Russia will only confirm them: "Bringing Western standards to Russia, in terms of the environment, can only be a good thing" - assuming the Russians actually go along...
...warfare but international terrorism," Londoño said as recovery workers retrieved the last two corpses from the ruins. That's the warning that President Alvaro Uribe is frantically trumpeting. "Democratic nations shouldn't ask Colombia to tolerate terrorism while the U.N. is deciding the matter of Iraq," he insisted last week. His ministers, meanwhile, barnstormed Washington for more aid, including help in freezing foreign bank accounts connected to the guerrillas. Their efforts got considerably more attention late last week when a U.S. government reconnaissance plane carrying four Americans contracted by the military and a Colombian soldier crash-landed...
After over $30,000 of tuition and another four digits on textbooks, hundred-dollar sourcebooks can feel like the last straw. The most expensive of these packets of photocopies, topping off at over $150, seems downright extortionary. But despite appearances, Harvard officials insist that Harvard doesn’t skim anything off the top of its burgeoning sourcebook business. “No profit is made from the coursepacks, and both the copying and finishing costs are minimal,” says Harvard Printing and Publishing Services (HPPS) CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney...
After over $30,000 of tuition and another four digits on textbooks, hundred-dollar sourcebooks can feel like the last straw. The most expensive of these packets of photocopies, topping off at over $150, seems downright extortionary. But despite appearances, Harvard officials insist that Harvard doesn’t skim anything off the top of its burgeoning sourcebook business. “No profit is made from the coursepacks, and both the copying and finishing costs are minimal,” says Harvard Printing and Publishing Services (HPPS) CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney...
...nightclubs?won widespread public support. And when it appeared Thaksin was trying to engineer Purachai's resignation, Thaksin's own political mentor, Chanlong Srimuang, publicly backed the Justice Minister. By Friday, Thaksin backed down, niftily taking credit for keeping Purachai in the government?"He definitely won't quit, I insist"?while also heading off potential divisions in his party. There has, however, been no more talk of succession...