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...debt sustainability” as the ratio of a country’s annual exports to its debt burden, a problematic metric which renders impoverished nations such as Haiti, Bangladesh, and Nigeria ineligible for assistance. If a country receives HIPC status it must then agree to strict macroeconomic conditions—such as limits on government spending—which are intended to keep deficits low and inflation down. In practice, however, these constraints often force indebted nations to impose user fees on health and education services, making them inaccessible for many citizens. Perhaps the most glaring failure...
...hours, having room reservations revoked by House offices at their whim, being reduced sometimes to literally wandering the streets of Cambridge looking for somewhere to meet. Each House has a different policy toward student organizations; some allow only their own students to reserve common rooms, and some impose strict time limits or caveats on their “tenants.” Good, accessible rooms are scarce, and the House policies that govern them are inconsistent and generally not conducive to the flourishing of student life at the College...
...prosecutors can't make a case under the strict standards of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, they might find one in a cover-up. They could file perjury charges against someone for lying on an affidavit or giving false testimony. The burden of proof is not as high in such cases, nor are the penalties as severe. And it is a surer path for getting someone to pay for blowing a spy's cover. --By Daren Fonda. Reported by Viveca Novak and Elaine Shannon/Washington
...mogul P. DIDDY may finally soak some sweat into that tracksuit when he runs the New York City Marathon next month to raise money for children's charities. Admitting he's not well prepared for the event (he's on a strict regimen of only one party a week), he says, "If I have to crawl, I'm gonna finish the race." Oddly, his fitness plan includes a low-carb, high-protein diet, precisely the opposite of what most pasta-scarfing distance runners eat. But then, they don't have a Bentley for a sag wagon...
...Coetzee almost never gives interviews, so I counted myself very lucky when he granted me an audience in the early 1990s. We met in his office in Cape Town, the novelist a pale and austere presence in his tweeds and corduroys, and I under strict instructions from his agent to avoid questions about the son who fell from a balcony, the ex-wife who died of cancer and the manner in which these private tragedies might have influenced his most recent writings. We were to talk only of literature, but my opening question was greeted by dead silence. Coetzee...