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Forget about the unfairness and inherent greed of the BCS system. That’s “only a scratch,” to quote the infamous Black Knight, in the larger scheme of things...
...weeks. Even the temporary loss of such a large part of the work force could lead to severe disruptions of public services-and complicate efforts to fight the pandemic. Countries and businesses need contingency plans in place now, yet in Asia only Japan has any real pandemic scheme. The poor Southeast Asian countries that will be the world's front line against bird flu are almost totally unprepared. They will suffer first, and they will suffer the most...
...consequences of this funding scheme are threefold. First, those HoCos that actually put on the most events are eligible for a record funding level. Second, those HoCos that do not take advantage of Council funding do not render the Committee Fund inoperable due to large, unspent allocations. Finally, with the problem of unused allocations dealt with, the Committee Fund is freed to put on campus wide events that have, in the past, been impossible to allocate money for. At the same time, the Council has also increased Student Group funding from $180,000 to over...
...else was allegedly involved in this scheme? Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey bought most of the oil this way. But Iraq also offered reduced-price oil vouchers to curry favor with specific companies and individuals--in the hope that foreign governments would have the U.N. sanctions revoked. According to a September CIA report, the biggest beneficiaries of those vouchers were businesspeople from France, Russia and China, including a former French Interior Minister and members of the Russian parliament. The most serious charge is that Benon Sevan, the U.N. administrator from Cyprus who managed the $64 billion oil-for-food program...
...scheme of Closer is simple: two people become a couple, break up, pair off with someone new. Dan and Alice become a couple, then Anna and Larry, then Dan and Anna and, briefly, Larry and Alice. We are shown only the beginning and end of each affair, when hopes are surging or betrayal sours the air. The piece is a series of cardiograms: hearts open and shut down. "Have you ever seen a human heart?" says Larry, a doctor. "It looks like a fist soaked in blood...