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...rationale for this is clear: the council is hoping that students will not bother with all the hassle, thus providing it with money to dispose of at its discretion. Although the council may not have deliberately set up every procedural roadblock which students have to overcome, it has done nothing to alleviate the problems. In fact, it has a vested interest in maintaining this system in which students are effectively prevented from obtaining refunds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finding Ways to Waste Money | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...girl and fondled about 20 other schoolchildren. In St. Louis, Missouri, two young girls fell prey to a kidnapper-killer, and police have just arrested a suspect in the would-be abduction of a third. The second girl, Cassidy Senter, 10, was the object of a massive helicopter-and-roadblock search. Her body was found in an alley, her head beaten, several fingers missing, her pants pulled down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robbing the Innocents | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...than 300 areas, from flywheels to door handles, and are charged with coming up with new ways of thinking about such things as prices, quality and worldwide purchasing. Says Bob Burkhart, a senior purchasing executive delegated by Smith to oversee the creativity groups: "Whenever we used to see a roadblock, we'd hide, duck or find a way to do other things and not get beat up. Now our youngest people are being empowered to challenge the status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Back on the Fast Track | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...roadblock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Handshake | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...roadblock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Handshake | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

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