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...It’s just a portion of our customer base,” she said. “Ultimately, it was a business decision...
...over and the U.S. occupies Iraq, the country's role as swing producer presents a different set of problems. If Iraq limits its production to 2.5 million to 3.5 million bbl. a day, it will fail to generate enough revenue to rebuild its infrastructure, pay off at least a portion of the $400 billion it owes in debt and war reparations, modernize existing oil fields, open new ones and raise the living standards of its people. In fact, a State Department--sponsored advisory group of Iraqi exiles has concluded that the country needs to double its output...
...years have created a substantial new class of wealthy criminals, many of whom have donated to institutions of higher education. Seton Hall University has buildings named for Dennis Kozlowski, Frank Walsh and Robert Brennan, known more for committing major corporate crimes than for their generosity. At Harvard, a significant portion of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is housed in a building named for A. Alfred Taubman, the former chairman of Sotheby’s who went to jail last April after being convicted of a price fixing scheme that involved vast sums. It is an embarrassment that the facility...
...social levels--and working-class couples like the one played by Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry in the 2001 movie Monster's Ball have become more common. "That's the most potent development," says University of Alabama family-studies professor Nick Stinnett, "because it means a far wider portion of society now has a personal stake in doing away with the racial barriers that still exist here...
...rather than build on his own experiences, Nowinski borrows his character’s set of personal traits from another portion of the Harvard community—finals club members...