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Even Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley "Ibby" Nathans, known for her hard-line stance on drinking in the Yard and strict enforcement of College policies, says preserving students' health is of the utmost importance...
...problem is in the design of the game qua game. The two major modes, career and arcade, are exactly identical - literally exactly the same races, except that career mode has much stricter requirements for completion. So strict, in fact, that I predict you will not complete it. And why bother, since the prizes of bizarro cars are all available through the arcade mode anyway? The races also get repetitive, especially because many are so difficult you must do them over and over...
...doesn't hurt that Arroyo assumes the presidency on a massive wave of public approval. How many Presidents get pushed into office by a People Power revolution? "We need a leader who is strict, and who will implement the rule of law," says Enrique Gonzaga, a 38-year-old taxi driver. "It's a good thing this is all finished. Now, we start over again...
More important, the Lone Star State has encouraged power-plant construction. Its environmental regulations are less strict than California's, and its approval process more streamlined. Since 1995, 22 new plants have come online, and an additional 15 should be up and running in a couple of years. With that much capacity, it's no wonder state officials are guaranteeing a 6% rate cut from the get-go when retail deregulation takes effect next year...
...this really necessary? Probably not, say experts. For while the British were taken by surprise by the appearance of a new disease, and other European nations were slow to adopt strict precautions, Americans have, by a combination of luck and early preventive action, dodged this deadly bullet...