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Freshman boys sporting receding hairlines always seem to find themselves in a union dorm with access to a fake ID acceptable to the people at Blanchard's. Resulting is the de facto super-party for first-years, an overcrowded and Natty-Lite saturated sweatfest slash meatmarket for the hungry eyed set. Couldn't get in the door...
...merger wave are globalization and Europe's new single currency. Globalization has forced companies to compare their performance with other firms, in their business worldwide. Drug companies, for example, have to compare development and production costs whether they are based in Sweden, France or the U.S. The result: executives slash costs, by combining overlapping operations...
...improve his chances, Primakov has been plucking weeds from the U.S.-Russia agenda. Last week he took steps to have the Duma ratify the long-delayed START II treaty, which will slash U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals by two-thirds. And his Nuclear Energy Minister hinted that the country might curtail some of the atomic work with Iran that prompted U.S. sanctions. The two nations have some clearly irreconcilable differences--Iraq and Kosovo, in particular. At home millions of Russians are souring on the U.S. A U.S. Information Agency poll found that 75% of Russians believe the U.S. is "using...
...light of all this, Keynes would be mystified that the International Monetary Fund is requiring troubled Third World nations to raise taxes and slash spending, that "euro" membership demands budget austerity, and that a U.S. President wants to hold on to budget surpluses. You can bet Keynes wouldn't be silent. Dapper and distinguished as he was, he'd enter the fray with both fists and a mighty roar...
...flashbulbs as visiting celebs like Julia Roberts. More surprising, the fashion world is taking her seriously. She's had doting spreads in the major women's magazines; last month Cosmopolitan even named her a contributing editor (job description: "providing trend updates, supplying party reports"). "Her designs are like Barbie-slash-Hello Kitty with Liberty of London mixed in," gushes designer Betsey Johnson. "Kind of Brigitte Bardot and beyond." Translation: low-cut frocks made of girlish fabrics such as dotted swiss and gingham, in pale pinks and blues that run completely counter to minimalist chic. Even her ex is applauding...