Word: majorities
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...Will this, as well as other measures, such as lowering the maximum age for delegates and limiting the time a president can serve, be enough to restore the IOC's reputation? Maybe. The pressure to reform is considerable: Major corporations, such as Coke and IBM, which send the IOC $50 million checks so that they can use the Olympic rings in their ads, are not amused with the committee's image as a bunch of shameless shakedown artists. But Samaranch doesn't inspire much confidence when he still largely blames the mess on the competing cities for putting...
...vacation, the roommates, the new city were all unimportant. I was in it for the clothes. What clothes, you ask? Well, heres my plan (feel free to steal it if you ever get on an MTV show): the moment youre cast, you get on the phone with every major fashion designer in the world. You call Armani, you call Versace, you call DKNY, Polo, Gucci, etc., etc. And you sell yourself, Listen, Im going to be on The Real World. Broadcast as a personality to hundreds of millions of captive viewersviewers who tend to have disposable income and impressionable personalitiesand...
...major educational events. It was designed to be fun, and if we got info out at the event, then great," she added...
...major problems. Still, most campus buildings will be staffed on Dec. 31 so that any computer glitches that crop up can be dealt with by a human hand...
However, the university has undertaken a major effort to beef up campus security. Overtime pay for police, shriek alarms and special seminars on safety have cost over $100,000, said Barbara Pitoniak, a university spokesperson...