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...perhaps it is good that they must stay home. Too many of the Russian high and mighty have used their positions over the past decade of reform to line their pockets. Graft is universal. Last year an estimated $24.6 billion left Russia, money garnered mostly through bribery, kickbacks and outright theft and sent to private accounts in offshore banks. That's an increase of 30% over 1999, and the total capital drain from Russia over the past decade is more than $250 billion...
Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath-Lewis '70-'73 said Harvard's plan should not be interpreted as a response to Princeton's initiative to replace student loans with outright financial aid grants...
Both Crimson squads blanked Yale 9-0 last night to end their regular seasons with an unblemished 6-0 league mark and clinch their respective Ivy League titles outright...
...which exports cannabis," says Zeltner, "and the Swiss government will not take the step of legalizing the substance." But well-dressed men are already rolling joints in Swiss train carriages without fellow passengers' batting an eyelid. In practice, the distinction between the limited depenalization proposed by Swiss authorities and outright legalization is a fine...
...competition to attract the nation's best students, Ivy League universities are usually quick to match one another's recruiting inducements. But when Princeton recently announced it would replace loans with outright grants in the financial-aid packages it offers to undergraduates, its competitors fell silent. Why? Princeton's new aid plan will cost the university at least an extra $5 million a year. Princeton can afford that cost, thanks to investment returns on its $8 billion endowment. And its move is sure to spur more criticism of other Ivys that have even larger endowments (Harvard: $19 billion; Yale...