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Then, after already having signed twice for the same computer loan (once while abroad), I got yet another letter telling me I owe money! Apparently, somehow my computer loan from the previous semester was never processed and no one informed me. Needless to say, I contacted the financial aid office to let them know about the problem, which (to my officer’s credit), was promptly resolved...
...outright sadism, all of which all but force the women—many of whom had been entirely sexually innocent prior to their arrival—to sell themselves for the slightest opportunity of escape. Not so much an attack on Catholicism as all religion, this film depicts the needless abuses inflicted upon women in the name of faith...
...line. On one side stands the proponents of globalization and free trade. On the other stands the forces of the “anti-globalization” movement, chomping at the bit to tear down international institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the WTO. Needless to say such divisions do indeed exist. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that too often they misrepresent the numerous subtleties of today’s political landscape...
...blood levels of more than 4 nanograms per milliliter, misses 82% of cancers in men under 60. Lowering the threshold for biopsy to 2.6, the study's authors suggest, would double the cancer-detection rate. Critics, however, caution that lowering the PSA threshold could result in overdiagnosis and needless anxiety...
...Needless to say, not every parent can make such acquisitions without cutting back elsewhere. Shopping at a department store in Omaha, Chantalle Galbraith, 30, a part-time medical examiner, points to her 20-month-old son and 5-month-old daughter in a double stroller. "My son has on Tommy [Hilfiger] shoes and a Nautica shirt. My daughter is wearing Polo," she says. Gesturing at her plain blue T shirt, she says, "I got this at Shopko"--a mass-merchandise chain...