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...global appetite for such relics has sparked a lawless gold rush across Asia. In the past year alone, Indian police busted a smuggling ring that allegedly stripped hundreds of temples and monuments of sculptures and frescoes, then sent them on to be sold to collectors in the U.S. and Europe; Cambodian cops seized several truckloads of priceless Khmer sculptures crudely ripped from archaeological sites in Banteay Meanchey province; and Chinese officials uncovered the theft of 158 pieces of religious statuary from a collection lent to a museum in Chengde by the Forbidden City's Palace Museum in Beijing. Over...
...rush? Not only are there fewer internships than during the boom years of the 1990s but also the tough job market of the past several years has more qualified and experienced candidates competing. Experts agree that diving into the internship fray is almost a requirement for landing a job today. A study from water-cooler site vault.com notes that 86% of college students have completed at least one internship, 69% more than one. According to Job Outlook 2003, a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, human-resources staffing managers agree that their own internship programs are their...
...coming up with a vital fourth quarter stand with the score knotted at 37 and 2:25 left to go in the game. Princeton had intercepted Schires—the first pick of his career—and recovered the ball on its own 49-yard line. A short rush by Veach and an 18-yard break by quarterback Matt Verbit had the Tigers pawing at Harvard’s 30-yard line. Veach carried for another four yards and it seemed as though Princeton would pummel its way on through the defensive line and the Crimson?...
...down, but another rash of right-wing hypocrisy hit this year, first with the admission of William J. Bennett, Republican guru and author of such titles as The Book of Virtues and The Death of Outrage, that he had become addicted to gambling. Then came the double disgrace of Rush Limbaugh, who within two weeks was fired from his job as a football commentator because of racially insensitive comments (this is actually one of his more consistent moments), then announced that he was addicted to painkillers. This from a prince of American political culture, who once used America?...
...play, a rush by Dawson, gained just two yards. But had the penalty been called, the small gain would have been negated and the Crimson would have been pushed back five yards, possibly preventing the game-winning toss...