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...lives. That’s quite a responsibility for a 17-year-old, I would say. Our sole responsibility is to study hard for a very difficult admissions exam, the content of which depends on the type of college we choose to attend. In the U.S., however, I met people who, by the age of 17, had already traveled the world, participated in national science competitions, or used unimaginable skills to do advanced research. Hearing these stories about people of such a young age was really impressive because they would be very rare in Brazil. As I spoke...
...accessory” in question must be “subordinate to the principal use” of the residential property and “customarily incidental to the principal use.” While the Board agreed last night that the first stipulation had been met, it spent the majority of the hearing debating whether the second criterion had been satisfied...
...group, who has been identified as Roland K, a 74-year-old former developer, testified in a Bavarian court this week that they didn't intend to kidnap the victim, identified as James A. He said he and his friend and fellow investor, 60-year-old Wilhelm D, met with the investment specialist in the town of Speyer in June 2009 for a "final chat" about getting their money back. But when they realized that their savings were gone for good, he said they became enraged. (See the top 10 crime stories...
...Roland didn't deny being angry at James, calling him a "liar and a crook" in court. He said that the retirees met James while on vacation years ago in Florida and that he persuaded them to invest their money in the U.S. housing market, promising the group a profit margin of 18%. Following the subprime-market collapse in the U.S., Roland now claims that James "tricked us and took us for a ride...
Lelly and other parents from the mountain village of Callebas met with a judge earlier this week and answered questions about the circumstances behind the transfer. Lelly says there was no money exchanged and he gave his children willfully. He adds that if he had the means to take care of the children, he'd certainly fight for their custody. But he says he has yet to hear from the Haitian government about his children's future...