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...working for the White House this semester, The New York Times reported, seven hailed from PHC, which has a mere 240-member student body. Their politics might help them win the jobs, but their SAT marks (a school average of 1320, significantly higher for such interns) are nothing to scoff...
...billboard on the theater in New York City reads: A R RAHMAN'S BOMBAY DREAMS. The locals may scoff. A R Who? He's a Broadway composer? He is now, and musical theater has rarely been so lucky. The most geriatric genre of American culture is getting a transfusion of world music. And when Rahman makes that music, it's truly world-class...
...plan to renegotiate with creditors, raise Chunnel charges, increase productivity (without layoffs), and obtain some compromise form of government aid such as a debt guarantee. Sounds nice, but Rémon and others call that plan as unrealistically rosy as the original Eurotunnel projections. French and British officials scoff at ideas of state aid, and Maillot is hardly in a position to dictate to banks who have bailed Eurotunnel out at least three times before. The new board's margin of maneuver is perhaps even tighter than the old one's. "At best, creditors swap debt for capital, greatly diluting...
...Miami meeting, at least five Latin countries had dropped out of Brazil's coalition; Colombian Commerce Minister Jorge Humberto Botero said the G-22 "ceases to be a useful tool for our country." The U.S. declared that Brazil's stance on the ftaa was "isolated." Brazil's leaders scoff at this. "The [U.S.] misrepresentation here is that Brazil and Mercosur don't want to negotiate," says Amorim. "That is certainly not true." Mercosur accounts for more than two-thirds of South America's economy, he notes - so to call Brazil isolated "is the same as negotiating with Asia and saying...
This was no traditional High Tea, but rather the new Power Tea, an exclusive offering of the Four Seasons Boston Hotel. Launched in April, the Power Tea is designed as a funky, more modern version of the traditional Afternoon Tea. The standard tea is nothing to scoff at, however, garnering much-deserved accolades from Zagat Survey 2002, among others. The Power Tea substitutes martinis for Earl Grey and shrimp tempura for scones. Other haute cuisine delights included foie gras, steak tartare and deviled quail eggs. Executive Chef Edward Gannon explains that he wanted to do something different when he designed...