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...trepanned skulls, and teeth that had been ritually filed to sharp points). There are tattooing and body-piercing displays, while the more squeamish can find diversion in mountains of magic charms, jewelry and ethnic sculpture. Those seeking a break from the saccharine prettiness of Oxford's colleges-or the steep prices of its centuries-old pubs-will find it here. Especially on a rainy day, and with a healthy sense of wonder...
Those seeking a break from the saccharine prettiness of Oxford's colleges - or the steep prices of its centuries-old pubs - will find it here. Especially on a rainy day, and with a healthy sense of wonder...
...sponsors “professors and high-level researchers,” they do not offer naturalization assistance to students, and my only option is to hire an attorney. I’ve looked into that, and they go at $200-$300 an hour—a pretty steep fee, given the already pricey tuition which accompanies this world-class university...
...past, Bratton had produced near miraculous results in Boston, paving the way for a steep drop in crime before he moved to New York City, where, as police commissioner from 1994 to 1996, he presided over a 50% drop in homicides. But his techniques--putting more cops on the street, making individual officers more accountable for offenses in their neighborhoods and shortening the civilian-complaint process--have been controversial. The U.S. as a whole experienced steep drops in crime in the '90s. But even as cities across the nation hired more cops and jailed more young men, many academics disputed...
...Signing Off U.K. banknote printer De La Rue - supplier of Iraq's Saddam-free dinars - called an end to its production of checkbooks, in response to a steep slide in the use of personal checks...