Word: programs
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...that 165,000 tons of rice, as well as huge amounts of oil, sugar, fish and dried milk are needed within the next five months to prevent massive deaths from hunger and related diseases. Said Ouch Borith, 28, the neatly dressed director of Cambodia's International Aid Relief Program: "We disregard ideological considerations when it comes to assistance. We will gladly take it from any country. Rice and medicines are the main priorities, but the emphasis is on rice." Since the Khmer Rouge abolished currency, rice has become the only medium of exchange. One kilo fetches a kilo...
...prisoner of the North Vietnamese from 1968 to 1973, he returned to the U.S. and helped herald its wonders to a growing list of tropical countries suffering deforestation. A group of Haitians now plans to grow 12,000 acres of leucaenas. The Philippines has its own ambitious leucaena program; so too do India and Indonesia. In fact the only signs of indifference Benge has found are in his own federal agency. But he will not be deterred. "They say, 'All you do is talk about leucaena,' " he reports of his superiors. "I say, why not go with...
High court considers another affirmative-action program...
Harvard's Advanced Standing program now grants sophomore standing to students who take three Advanced Placement exams and achieve a score of 3 or above on each. Mack I. Davis, director of Advanced Standing, recently reviewed the requirements, concluded they weren't stiff enough and recommended the Faculty raise the number of exams required to four and the scores...
Robert Hendon, program director at ETS, said both the problems with the LSAT tickets and the grade and score summaries arose because ETS is switching computer systems...