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...University will also convert existing short-term tax-exempt debt into bonds with longer maturities, allowing the University to postpone short-term payments to debt holders and retain a larger financial cushion to the volatility in the credit markets...
...lobby vending machine dispenses gifts also made from reclaimed materials (no potato chips here) and the hotel has partnered with the nonprofit volunteer organization One Brick to encourage guests to become "voluntourists." A phone in the lobby connects guests to the agency, which guides people to local charities seeking short-term help. Special opening rates from $119 to $139. 112 7th Street, San Francisco...
...weather starts wars, and wars incite terrorists and violent opponents to the West, then it is in the West's self-interest to try to manage the weather. Darfur is a test case of whether our leaders are able to embrace this kind of broad, long-term view over short-term gains. If they can, they may be able to prevent the pattern repeating...
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA and YALE UNIVERSITY The University of Pennsylvania and Yale University have been optimistic about their ability to maintain their operations in spite of the financial crisis. Both schools have cited prudent spending strategies that have buffered their operating budgets from short-term downturns, while saying that they will remain flexible and react to market conditions as they develop...
...limit. We are robbing Peter to pay Paul. South Kivu [a province of Congo] is tense. So is Ituri [another province in the country], and we have the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that originated in northern Uganda] in the northeast. We are doing short-term reinforcements, but we simply do not have an effective rapid-reaction force...