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...Bombay, but after a crackdown it spread to other areas, specifically the Madras suburb of Villivakkam, popularly known as ``Kidneyvakkam.'' Several thousand people living in abject poverty in Villivakkam have sold their kidneys. In a typical instance, Rani Saravanan said she had decided to have a kidney removed to obtain cash to feed her family and pay debts...
These days, The Jerky Boys' managers make follow-up trips to the businesses they crank in order to obtain release forms for use of the material on their albums. Most of Brennan and Kamal's "victims" acquiesce when they hear the tape of their conversation with a Jerky Boy. Many of the targets appreciate the hilarity of their little chats; others see a chance at five minutes of recorded fame...
...Harvard Students with visual or learning disabilities who need all their course materials recorded, it is always necessary for them to research course materials well in advance of the term and obtain syllabi and other course materials to provide the Reader Service with adequate time to complete assignments using qualified readers in conjunction with course deadlines...
...first year, Fine was accused of using his status as a council member to obtain a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, which he allegedly pocketed. And council members accused Fine last week of doctoring the newly approved council constitution without their consent...
...after the car had passed the checkpoint and the soldiers were no longer in danger. The sentence: life in prison. Two weeks ago, Britain's appeal court reluctantly upheld the life term under the requirements of a law that it criticized as too unbending. The ruling intensified efforts to obtain Clegg's release. M.P.s, ex-servicemen and newspaper editors have rallied to his cause: more than a million people have signed petitions, while the government is considering how to patch existing legislation to deal with killings by the armed services...