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...assassin's 18-year incarceration in the psychiatric ward of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. In fact, the hospital is so pleased with his progress that they are recommending he be allowed to make unsupervised visits to his parents' nearby home; this sort of venture is generally seen as a precursor to eventual release. Hinckley has never left hospital grounds without an escort since he arrived...
...last year's world consumption of 75 million barrels per day is expected to rise 2.4 percent this year, according to International Energy Agency forecasts. "Eventually prices will fall, but demand will rise, as it always does in the summer," Saporito said. This recent price drop was not the precursor to plummeting prices, but merely a minor flux. The full effects of OPEC's decision remain to be seen...
According to Alexander S. Aiken, associate professor of computer science at the University of California at Berkeley, high-tech cheating in computer science departments was a precursor to the ways the Internet is now being used to cheat in the humanities...
...this makes Clinton's response even more vital. With the debate on normal trading relations with China (a precursor to WTO entry) on hold due to a breakdown in talks between China and the European Union, now is the time for Clinton to make a strong case for open trade with China. China's entry into the WTO would give the world one more lever to secure economic, if not political, openness and to encourage the rising class of Chinese reformers. Clinton has made the case that economic freedom will necessarily lead to better political conditions, but has cited little...
...great win for Wyant, and an excellent precursor to his grudge match with Princeton's Peter Yik this Sunday. Yik eliminated Wyant last year from nationals...