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This new department which has been recently organized is designed eventually to supplant the department of Social Ethics, although all men who chose the latter field before last October may continue...
Even before the mutual-fund scandals began unfolding in September, investors had been flocking to a little-noticed (but not so little) alternative known as the separately managed account. Clear fees and no hidden costs make these personalized portfolios more sensible than ever. No joke: they may one day supplant common mutual funds as the investment vehicle of choice for millions of people. About $500 billion resides in separate accounts. Yes, that's a long way from the $7 trillion in mutual funds right now. But since the middle 1990s, assets in separate accounts, in which your money...
...angry at George W. Bush; they were furious with the Democrats in Washington who were letting a minority-elected President have his way at every turn. Dean's prescience--and Gore's presence--has created a formidable candidacy and, quite possibly, a potent new strain of liberalism that may supplant the traditional Old and New wings of the party. Let's call the Dean-Gore faction the New-New Democrats...
...having a focused plan for how to use the resources across the system and within each school. The university partnerships should build on the goals and vision of the schools, not supplant or override it simply because there is money attached...
...Israel's latest effort to neutralize him--the Cabinet announced this month that it intends "in principle" to expel him. Muqata'a insiders say Arafat is making the most of the situation. Having engineered the ouster of his rival, Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister handpicked by the U.S. to supplant him, Arafat last week reasserted his claim as the undisputed leader of the Palestinians and positioned himself to control the makeup and direction of the new government of the Palestinian Authority, headed by Abbas' replacement, Ahmed Qurei. In a meeting with Fatah leaders last Thursday, Arafat shouted down anyone...