Word: jim
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...million Number of gallons of Jim Beam bourbon that burned when a Kentucky warehouse was struck by lightning...
...opposite end of the spectrum is the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), where only about 10 percent of the school’s budget comes from the endowment. The balance comes from revenue sources like tuition, research grants and research contracts, according to HSPH Dean of Academic Affairs Jim H. Ware...
...center, and some have both. Several agencies still produce separate watch lists of terrorists operating worldwide. Last week Congress grew impatient with what seemed to be an exploding universe of terrorist information and action centers in Washington. "Right now there is more confusion than clarity," said an exasperated Representative Jim Turner of Texas, speaking at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. "Surely, almost two years after Sept. 11 of 2001, we could come up with one consistent watch list...
...flamboyantly blond David Beckham, auctioned off to Real Madrid earlier this summer for $40 million. How to explain this phenomenon in a country where the resident pro league often struggles for attention? "Man U has a huge draw from [Americans] who have only come to soccer lately," says Jim Trecker of ChampionsWorld, the New Jersey promoter of the team's tour. The U.S. is seen by Man U as an immature but potentially lucrative market. To keep brand awareness up when it returns to Britain, the team has negotiated an agreement with the New York YankeeNets LLC, parent...
...perfume stores and a home-security system that automatically calls an owner's cell phone in case of a fire or break-in. "Everything is changing so fast," she says. "We have no idea what Index will be selling three years from now." Something for the ladies, certainly. --By Jim Frederick. Reported by Hanna Kite/Tokyo