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...since 1992 orphanages have used the $3,000 "donations" made by adoptive parents to improve facilities and staffing. Janice Neilson of the World Association for Children and Parents bridles at the Human Rights Watch claim that a high mortality rate persists at a facility identified as Henan province's sole orphanage. Neilson says that if this is the same institution she works with--who knows? the report claims the location is "unclear"--the mud-walled building has been razed and a new facility is being built. When it is completed, WACAP will help establish a rehabilitation unit for disabled kids...
...lump-sum payment of $1.1 million because technically he had been terminated from his former positions--even though he became cochairman and co-chief executive of the parent of the merged companies, Health Systems International, a job that paid a base salary of $865,000. "I gave up my sole authority as president, chairman and ceo," says Greaves, "and my contract said if that happens you get paid out your contract. So as any businessman would--anybody would--I exercised my rights." In 1994, when the merger took effect, his income, including the termination payment, bonuses and base salary, would...
Intensity, by Dean Koontz (Knopf; 308 pages; $25), is expert schlock by a writer who has specialized in horror. No creatures from beyond the grave here, just that reliable old formula, babe in distress. Chyna Shepherd is the sole survivor after a fairly efficient thrill killer invades a house where she is a weekend guest and murders everyone else. She's terrified and unarmed, but naturally, instead of calling the cops, she stows away in the killer's motor home as he escapes...
...traveled to Clarkson Sunday, only to see a third period lead fold under the pressure of the first place Golden Knights. Clarkson's 4-2 victory over Harvard in the contest extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games and gave the Knights (8-3-2, 6-0-1 ECAC) sole possession of the top place in the conference...
Councillor Anthony D. Gallucio, the bill's sole opponent, said his vote was based on what he characterized as wasteful spending and lack of planning by the Rent Control Board...