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...People don't understand the nature of risk--just because it's different, they think it's risky," Cabot says. "We probably have three or four hundred private investments. Now sure, any one of those could probably go bottoms-up, but the likelihood of all of them [doing so] is very low. So you've diversified the risk...
...given the uncertainty of events in South Africa, Bok's statements mean that Harvard, in all likelihood, will not actually change its divestment policy in the immediate future...
...NOTEBOOK: Last night's game was the first and, in all likelihood, last time the two teams will meet, according to Nelson. Because of a cancellation with another Division III team prior to the season, Suffolk was penciled in as one of the two non-Division I matches that Harvard's 26-game schedule allows...
...that if he won he would never negotiate with drug lords. At the same time, the Reagan Administration was dickering unsuccessfully for a deal under which the indictments would be dropped if Noriega went into exile. A year later, a close friend of the dictator's speculated on the likelihood of U.S. troops invading Panama. "Send them in," he said. "By the time they get to Panama City, there'll be news releases detailing everything that Noriega knows about Bush. And what he knows is enough to sink Bush's presidency." Whether Noriega can actually embarrass % Bush and other high...
...shacks is much more healthy than in the coal mines, these strikers are quick to point out. In the mines, sickness is almost inevitable. One striker noted a study which shows that workers who wear masks may reduce their chances of contracting lung diseases, but they also increase the likelihood of suffering from heart ailments...