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...University has said that some of the money from the endowment will be used to fund science and technology projects for Allston. In mid-December, a task force chaired by University Provost Steven E. Hyman will choose what resources to include in the new campus from among 17 different plans...
...Harvard raised some eyebrows by paying $1 million to one of its fund managers. Through the ’90s, those pay numbers drifted up and up, to the point where Harvard paid its fund managers colossal bonuses (over $100 million for the two-year period ending in mid-2002) even when the value of the endowment declined. These bonuses have been based on a committee-contrived formula, never publicly disclosed, that pays bonuses based on performance “benchmarks” tied to market indices, not actual gains in value. One financial consultant at McGill University wrote...
...Even in the capital, many are waiting to experience better times. The town's few cars crawl crab-like around potholes the size of plunge pools on the main drag. Honiara has electricity and telephones, but both systems are prone to mid-afternoon heart attacks. The ramsi economy - blow-in consultants, home security, caf?s, hotels, vehicles and the like - does have some trickle-down effect. But for father of five Peter Loea, 36, a fisherman, "the jobs aren't there" and finding money to school his children - the government has promised to make primary education free from 2006 - is proving...
...Company faces that stress every day as it patrols the unsettled Sunni triangle. Last Monday, Rapicault and two other men in Whiskey Company died when a suicide bomber rammed their humvee while they were on patrol, raising to nine the number of Whiskey Company Marines killed in action since mid-September. "I'm taking it very hard," says medic Cory McFarland. "But their loss gives us more strength to move on." For many combatants in Iraq, that may be more a wish than a fact...
...Bush's talk with Musharraf may be paying off. Taliban followers say ties are fraying with their militant sponsors--and through them, the ISI. Money for arms, explosives and fresh recruits is drying up. As a result, says a mid-level commander, Taliban are no longer able to mount effective hit-and-run missions inside eastern Afghanistan. In addition, last month's Afghan presidential election seems to have sapped Taliban strength. Despite the extremists' attempts to sabotage voting, Karzai was the overwhelming victor among Pashtuns, the ethnic group of most Taliban. A Taliban spokesman concedes that the U.S.-led security...