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...weeks ago, Telecom Italia's dashing chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera boarded Rupert Murdoch's private yacht off the Greek island of Zakynthos, seeking to buy media content from the Aussie-born mogul for Telecom's broadband service. Even more enticing was the possibility that Murdoch might want a stake in the [an error occurred while processing this directive] Italian company's mobile-phone unit, which would help lift it out of its €41 billion debt. At the very least, said Tarak Ben Ammar, Murdoch's go-to guy in Italy: "The water in Greece is really clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Connections | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...days per week, 80 hours per week, and 30 hours per shift. But a report published this month by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers found that four out of every five residents had violated the regulations at least once in their first year of residency. With lives at stake, hospitals need to continue to work towards greater compliance with the ACGME rules...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Bad Medicine | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...strength and effectiveness, NATO nations should provide logistics and other support. The regime in Khartoum is stopping the deployment of this force. If the Sudanese government does not approve this peacekeeping force quickly, the United Nations must act. Your lives and the credibility of the United Nations is at stake. So today I'm announcing that I'm naming a Presidential Special Envoy - former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios - to lead America's efforts to resolve the outstanding disputes and help bring peace to your land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Text of the President's Speech | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

...Moraes, it's the percentage of rides in which he has been bucked. One of the smallest on the tour, he may not intimidate. But riders can't solve his bucking patterns. Owner Jerry Nelson bought the top bull of '05 for $15,000. He just sold a 50% stake for $500,000. Gets stronger and grumpier with age. Talk to him in the pen, and he could throw a rider off. Fairly friendly when not competing. He kicks so high it often looks as if he will topple over. A sweetie at times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring On the Bulls | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...devote yourself to studying East Asia. Ni-hao and Konnichiwa. Take a seat next to the idiot who’s here because he enjoys watching Sailor Moon and wants to write his thesis on why possessing a tamagotchi and liking szechuan chicken gives him the right to stake his claim as an EAS scholar. Lucky for you, despite the bevy of unavoidable but surmountable requirements, the East Asian Studies department is a pretty kick-ass place to spend three years if you are genuinely interested in anything related to Asia. History, Literature, Linguistics, Econ, Anthro, Religion, Sociology, or VES?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: East Asian Studies | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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