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...expansion, set to be completed in the canal's centennial year, 2014, could also mark the nation's coming of age. It's a chance, say officials, to shed once and for all Panama's 20th century image as a U.S. lapdog and bolster its bid to become the hemisphere's Hong Kong--a world-class maritime, financial and commercial center for everything from foreign-exchange banking to aviation services...
...also a chance, the officials agree, for Panama's ruling class to shed its notorious reputation for brazen malfeasance by managing the new canal wealth responsibly and finally doing right by the 40% of Panamanians living in poverty. The country's GDP per capita is $4,318, which still makes it No. 2 in Central America. Serious doubts about income redistribution are a big reason that only 22% of respondents to a recent poll said they thought the expansion would bring real economic benefits to Panama and its population of 3.2 million. Some 64% of Panamanians said they support...
...court’s failure to find Kelleher guilty of “intent to intimidate” has shed light on a phenomenon that several attorneys and criminal law professors say is a reality in the legal system today: Perhaps easy to prosecute in the court of public opinion, hate crimes are just much too difficult to prosecute in a court...
...negotiated this out-of-court settlement finds himself often presiding over the cases of Harvard students. The district attorney’s office would not comment on the rationale behind Sprague’s decision, but the judge’s undergraduate experience at the College might shed light on his views.A BLUE-BLOOD CRIMSONITETed McKinney ’60, who lived a floor above the judge during their freshman year, said Sprague was a focused student with conservative tendencies. Fellow classmate Foley Vaughn ’60 wrote in an e-mail that Sprague was “very...
...Jennifer Y. Lee ’04, James J. Albertine ’04, Devin Lyons-Quirk ’05 created the site, which launched in August. Unlike other weight-loss websites, McLean-Foreman said Traineo tries to get a community behind user’s efforts to shed pounds. Traineo sends weekly e-mail updates to chosen family members or close friends, keeping these “monitors” posted on the user’s training, caloric intake, and weight change. Most users give up on their diet plans because of a lack of a strong...