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...Nonacademic Approach But that was then. Money raised through Oxford's appeal will be poured into new facilities and the endowment. Scholars at Cambridge needn't feel outdone. Under its own campaign, launched in 2005 to mark the university's 800th anniversary next year, Cambridge hopes to bring in $2 billion by 2012, and has already raised some $1.3 billion...
...many a casino. "Taking a chance, playing against the odds." Aides say McCain tends to play for a few thousand dollars at a time and avoids taking markers, or loans, from the casinos, which he has helped regulate in Congress. "He never, ever plays on the house," says Mark Salter, a McCain adviser. The goal, say several people familiar with his habit, is never financial. He loves the thrill of winning and the camaraderie at the table...
...Algae-filled waters of Qingdao wouldn't mark the first time that debris-strewn seas have plagued Olympic water sports. Windsurfers complained of seaweed and pollution before the Barcelona Games in 1992. Still, Qingdao's green waters have triggered a massive official response. Gao says the cleaning teams have used boats to pull 100,000 tons of the seaweed from the water. Nets have been extended 40 to 50 miles into the ocean to contain the inflow, and four helicopters have been dispatched to direct clean-up boats. At the environmental monitoring center, employees have been working around the clock...
...halt and the Mahdi Army seems to have been reined in. Saadi says the majority of the residents who fled have also started to trickle back, citing renewed security. Those who can afford it are rebuilding their destroyed homes. "We're not popping the champagne cork," says Major Mark Cheadle, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad. "But are we seeing positive trends? Absolutely...
...latest, Vista, aren't necessary in the Web Age, where applications are delivered for free and on demand - often without users' even being aware of it. The Net is where the money is, and it's the one place that Gates - like so many others - hasn't left his mark...