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...these professionals as modern-day mercenaries; soldiers-for-hire who retired or are cherry-picked from the military by Blackwater and firms like it, often attracted by the higher wages and comparatively lax disciplinary standards.This is not to say that the government should never contract out services to the lowest bidder in order to streamline operations or increase capabilities at home or abroad. But Blackwater’s contracts in Iraq alone, which total $800 million, were mostly no-bid contracts granted by the Department of Defense. Blackwater also holds similar contracts to provide its services in Afghanistan...
...first issued a request for proposals for the new site in June, receiving five bids ranging as high as $35,000. Tina Ye, a Tufts senior, was awarded the contract—$1,500 to be paid in two installments—after proposing the lowest bid. Ye said yesterday that her ability to do the project so cheaply stemmed from the fact that she does not yet have to sustain herself through her professional income. “I’m a student, I’m learning the trade and because of that...
...from the super, super light which forced them to cancel a couple of races, to some big puffs,” Brants said. “We were able to handle lots of different conditions.”Through three regattas for the women, the team’s lowest finish is third, which should result in a rise in the polls when the next Sailing World College rankings are released.“Last year we were a young team, both of our skippers were sophomores and I was a sophomore too, so now three out of four...
...years after its independence from Britain, Malawi had a per capita GDP of around $70. Today, despite nearly half a billion dollars a year in foreign aid, that figure stands at $600 - still among the lowest in the world. And Malawi isn't alone. While most of the developing world's economies have grown at around 4% per year since 1970, a significant number of countries, largely in Africa, are actually worse off now than they were a half-century ago. Even as globalization lifts much of Asia from poverty, these unlucky nations seem caught in a riptide of poverty...
...focus.Harvard performed well on this long day with two rounds of 289. After the first round, Harvard trailed leader Old Dominion by ten shots before East Carolina state took over the top spot on the leader board for good by firing a second-round 276.Sophomore Greg Shuman carded the lowest round for the team with a three-day score of 217 to finish in four-way tie for 18th place.Shuman fired a one-under-par 71 during his first round on Monday morning. He then turned in a one-over par 73 the remaining rounds on Monday afternoon and Tuesday...