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...ushering in a new generation of leadership at a moment when Costa Rica's stature as the Switzerland of Central America is in decline. Its democracy remains the region's strongest, but it has been rocked in recent years by a spate of high-level government corruption scandals, a spike in drug-trafficking violence and a widening gap between rich and poor. Costa Rica's image as Central America's moral authority also took a hit last year when Arias - who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize during his first presidency for brokering an end to the region's civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Costa Rica's Generational and Gender Changes | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

Weintraub knotted the score at eleven, this time getting the ball past a triple block. On the following possession, Weintraub blocked a Baruch spike attempt and when the ball landed on the Bearcats side, the Crimson took the lead—and the momentum...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Winless Streak Extended to Four | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...says he suspects that the current spike in federal investment in research and development is only temporary...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stimulus Becomes a Life Line | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...Sinai, it may not even take a war to spark the fuse. Hamzawy says the past two years have seen a spike in social unrest in north Sinai, where a dense network of permanent police checkpoints create an atmosphere of occupation. Rights groups say Bedouin are routinely harassed and arrested at random. Torture in Egyptian prisons is rampant, and some Bedouin report stories of state security abducting their wives and children in an effort to coerce wanted men to come forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt's New Challenge: Sinai's Restive Bedouins | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Nadeem E. Abou-Arraj ’12, a Peer Advising Fellow, said that he did not notice a spike in anxiety levels of his advisees...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Schedule Hastens Shopping Experience | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

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