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While Porter said she did not think many students regularly used the books, Sarah J. Johnson ’11, who sent an e-mail about the move over the House list, said she used the books regularly—particularly the reference books—instead of purchasing books for class...
Quotes About: "Wherever I sent him, he always made money." - Former Bank of America head Hugh McColl, who dispatched Lewis, once his deputy, across the country to oversee bank acquisitions. (CNN.com...
...Instead of acknowledging the slow pace of reform, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula suggested that actions like the U.S.'s could "precipitate the hardening of the mood over the reform process." Then Kenyan officials blamed U.S. ambassador Michael Ranneberger, who was given the task of announcing that the letters were sent. Ranneberger was summoned to a meeting with Wetangula, where he was told to turn over the names of the letter recipients...
...project, North Carolina-headquartered RTI (also known as Research Triangle Institute), claims to have "positively impacted" more than 400,000 students (out of 70 million school-age kids) through strengthening policy and planning, teacher and school-administrator training, and youth and adult literacy. But when USAID's inspector general sent a team over in August 2007 to check on the progress, it could not validate the claims because the USAID mission in Islamabad "did not require RTI to adhere to reporting requirements critical to monitoring the program performance." The problem was serious enough for RTI, which derived close...
...Once the warning is sent to local governments, however, the safety of citizens at risk often depends on how advanced the infrastructure in each country is. Developing nations may lack the communications system to get the word out effectively. "Some countries have the infrastructure already," Kong says, "some countries are developing it, and some countries may never have...