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Gustavo Guzmán Bolivian Ambassador...
...needed. But how good are these Smartcards really? FM put them through the gauntlet to see how they fare. The Distance Test The Challenge: Sure, these new Smartcards look legit, but can they go the distance? The Results: In highly scientific and accurate trials conducted across campus (sample size n=1), it was found that Smartcards work from distances of up to 1.75 inches from the reader. This bit of information is completely useless as most will probably smash their ID up against the reader anyway. The Through-the-Shoe Test The Challenge: After a nice jog along the Charles...
...Glenn Maguire, chief Asia-Pacific economist for Société Générale in Hong Kong, expects that Asia's central bankers will move towards looser policy to support their economies and head off any possible liquidity shock from the U.S. meltdown. "It's pretty clear that the tightening cycle in Asia is over," says Maguire. Tuesday's market tumble will likely convince policy makers "to be much more accommodating on policy immediately." That may be the only good news in a dark day for investors...
...film, Mesrine, told the same story.) His life, at least as related in the prison autobiography that is the movie's source, put him in collusion or collision with all the gangster archetypes: a grizzled crime boss named Guido (Depardieu), a loyal and resourceful henchman (Dupuis), a tough-n-sexy babe (de France) to play Bonnie to his Clyde. And some political relevance: Mesrine questioned insurgents while serving his Army hitch in the Algerian uprising. There's not much suspense in whether he will survive Part 1 (the sequel has already been completed), but each episode detonates plenty of tension...
...both. Members of the Gen Ed committee and the Economics department said the decision marks a reasonable compromise. “We are very happy with the outcome,” said Jeffrey A. Miron, the economic department’s director of undergraduate studies. Ec10 professor N. Gregory Mankiw, who found out the news during his summer at the beach, expressed similar pleasure. “I’m delighted about how it’s all worked out,” he said. “There were a lot of different points of view expressed during...