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...could not stop shaking. Uncontrollable shaking. The only thing I had with me was my Blackberry, which had gotten wet and was not working. (It started working again a few hours later...
...thing that comes to mind is, 'O.K., he's going to tell us what time we need to have our things packed,' " says senior Anya Dixon, 28, a music industry major. Luckily, the news was better than expected: Pritchett detailed an emergency backup plan, explaining that if the water stopped flowing, the school would suspend classes and arrange alternative housing and food services. But it would not close altogether. "A lot of people were relieved to know there was still hope," says Dixon, adding that because the school's tuition is just $7,000 - far below the average of more...
...Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration - and it has the power to delay or reject the ones it believes will be too costly to impose. "Every time the agencies come out with a regulation that's controversial, OIRA tries to stop it," says Rena Steinzor, president of the Center for Progressive Reform, which in January issued a report critical of Sunstein's support for cost-benefit analysis. "And their main tool is cost-benefit analysis...
...fate of the Swat deal clear in Islamabad, where it has yet to be ratified by President Asif Ali Zardari, whose government is under pressure from Western allies to take a tougher line against the Taliban. Many in his own party privately express misgivings. "What will stop them from going further?" says one member of parliament who asked not to be named. "I don't want my wife or daughter to wear a burqa. What if they don't lay down their weapons? They could be in Peshawar next, or even Islamabad...
...million - went unsold. The Saint Laurent-Bergé auction continues on Tuesday and Wednesday with the sale of rare furniture and antiquities, including two Chinese animal heads that Beijing says were pilfered and must be returned to China. Earlier on Monday, a Paris court rejected China's bid to stop the sale...