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...while at Greate Bay, it looked like Klein would have to swallow the tough pill of finishing his senior season without a win. The wind played havoc with his drives, his puts weren’t falling, nothing came easily...
...calculation" of its size. Heinz-Werner Meier, Aventis' HR chief in Germany , told German daily Die Welt that the payout was "absolutely customary by international standards, and even at the low end in the U.S. " Even so, it's a pill that some shareholders are finding hard to swallow. - By Peter Gumbel No More Bale-Outs In the first ever challenge to a wealthy nation's domestic agricultural handouts, the WTO ruled illegal the billions of dollars in federal subsidies paid to U.S. cotton farmers. Meanwhile, the E.U. said it would soon end its six-year moratorium on the approval...
...errant timing. Choosing a concentration is important. But as first-years wrap up only their second set of classes, having been bombarded sans interruption with the demands, challenges and adventures of first-year whirlwind, they are forced to make such a choice, often prematurely. With a lot to swallow, first-years are not given time to digest...
...stake in the Japanese firm, after killing speculation last week that it would stump up several billion dollars to rescue debt-ridden Mitsubishi. Investors sighed with relief: DaimlerChrysler stock shot up over 7% on the announcement. A global turnaround? Not yet. Speed limits vary. - By Adam Smith Hard To Swallow Swiss drugmaker Novartis accepted an invitation for merger talks from Franco-German Aventis. A deal won't be easy: the French government is against foreign ownership of Aventis, favoring the hostile €46 billion bid from its own Sanofi-Synthélabo...
...broken, the real tragedy is to watch as the carefully painted drop cloths of Justice fall lifeless to the stage floor, unsupported by the strings of illusion. And in these moments, dealing with the loss of our faith in a just world is a far harder pill to swallow than any loss of property, purple or otherwise...