Word: rife
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...sheer variety of student arts performances is one of Harvard’s greatest assets. From the Harvard Ballet Company’s semiannual shows to the countless a capella concerts, we attend an institution rife with artistic outlets. Enthusiasm for the plays, musicals and concerts attended by students, however, is always somewhat dimmed by ticket sticker shock...
...entire campus it serves an irreplaceable social function. Regardless of our House gym expansions, we must not underestimate the MAC’s ability to relieve stress, promote health and create social space for the whole community. Since this last election for the presidency of the Council was rife with rhetoric—my campaign as much as any other’s—I want to take a moment as we set goals for another semester to lay out a specific, reasonable plan for improving...
...protect yourself? The people most at risk are those who work with live infected poultry. If you stay away from chicken farms and live-bird markets in areas where avian flu is rife, the odds of infection are minimal...
...South Koreans have seen corruption crackdowns before. The country's traditional ties between government and industry breed an incestuous system of mutual back scratching that is rife with under-the-table payouts. Winning office is expensive?political analysts estimate that Roh's campaign cost at least $125 million, more than that of U.S. President George W. Bush?but tough campaign-financing laws limit the money that can be raised legally from deep-pocket contributors to $208,000 each. Says Roh Kwan Kyu, budget and accounting committee chairman for the Millennium Democratic Party (under whose banner Roh ran for the presidency...
...siloviki and unnerving the Family. One key figure associated with the Family, the head of the presidential administration, Alexander Voloshin, resigned a few days after Khodorkovsky's arrest. Another, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, is so disaffected that his departure is only a matter of time. Speculation is rife that he may even run against Putin in next March's presidential race. But the immediate battlefield is the Duma. As one faithful Kremlin mouthpiece, journalist Mikhail Leontyev, remarked on state-controlled TV: "Who would have thought that real politics would suddenly emerge in this country?" The Duma has not been known...