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...customers like Kerley, the fortunes of credit unions have turned for the better. Long content to quietly serve a single workplace or small community, credit unions had emphasized friendly customer service while seeming oblivious to shifting customer needs. Recently they have realized that they must evolve and grow--or perish--and many are meeting the challenge with services such as online banking and a nationwide ATM network. Federal rules intended to promote the industry's expansion recently took effect and should enable credit unions to compete even better against banks...
...word suicide note posted on the Web that he was following Palach's example to protest "the so-called democratic system where not people but money and power rule." He warned that "unless humankind radically changes its ways within the next several decades, civilization will perish in filth or wars." Adamec's grievances were many: violence in movies and on TV, environmental pollution, the U.S.-led war in Iraq, bullying and drug use in Czech schools. But the effect of his actions has been unmistakable. In the past seven weeks, five more people in the Czech Republic have set themselves...
...half-decade, making for a tough season before more-manageable weather returns. But it's now happening for a fourth consecutive year. The dzud means less grass grows and animals can't fatten up before the winter snow buries the meager feed. Livestock starves, freezes or wanders off to perish in the blizzards. Officials warn that 2.5 million animals could die this winter alone...
...result of the study was the discovery that pressure to "publish or perish" differs significantly in the three types...
...scariest thing you can say about a Democratic presidential candidate at this early stage of the game: John Kerry is starting to look like a front runner. "Perish the word--please!" the Massachusetts Senator said last week when that possibility was gently broached. "I think of myself more as an insurgent against George Bush and the Establishment...