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...into the northeast. In keeping with the best traditions of Soviet propaganda, Moscow announced that "the local people" in several Chechen districts are rising up against Islamic extremists. An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 additional Russian troops are massed on Chechnya's borders, awaiting the order to move. Overhead, Russian warplanes continued the systematic destruction of Chechnya's communications and bridges. Late last week Russian air force commander General Anatoly Kornukov said he needed a week to 10 days to finish his offensive...
...loved his use of comic strips to help illustrate his points," said Julianne A. Lombardo '03. "His overhead presentation really helped to clarify his reasoning. I was hoping that he would talk more about the history of language...
When students purchase books through flyingchickens.com, 5 percent of the price paid goes to its three founders, but so far they're seeing no profits. The group funneled money into overhead costs this summer, including expenses for advertising, Web hosting and domain registration...
Beyond the anecdotal evidence of success stories, is there any evidence that the private groups would do better on the scale at which government agencies operate? Some volunteer organizations can thrive on a shoestring budget, but others are plagued with at least as much administrative overhead as the Department of Health and Human Services. Furthermore, government agencies, despite all their inefficiencies, have built-in oversight procedures and are always directly accountable to a higher authority, as well as, indirectly, the voting public. Would a private group be under--or be willing to submit to--such oversight...
...come down to than New York. If I could have only one, I would take it at the Open," he says. "I'll forget about the three others this year if I beat him in New York." It's a great venue for Agassi. Planes from La Guardia zoom overhead, patrons are ready to rumble. In one of sport's ripe ironies, tennis fans in Polo sweatsuits, sustained by $10-a-slice quiche, scream bloody murder in support of their idea of a working-class hero--formerly John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, now Agassi. Back when Agassi had hair...