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...reason why these posters get torn down—and not just by students. “Some faculty members will occasionally do it,” Misium notes.Though as Murray jokes, “if we put a picture of a puppy on a HRL poster, they would tear it down.” According to Murray, HRL took the same light-hearted attitude with designing these posters. “Some of the statements are meant to be taken as fact; some, meant to be taken as humour.”After all, there are no pictures...

Author: By Peter B. Weston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Deconstructing Elena | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

MUTUAL FUNDS WITH LUSTER Gold funds (shown here in annualized returns) have been on a tear for the past few years. How long will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Panning For A Golden Hedge | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...references to unique cultural traditions that tend to exacerbate the problem. "Do not deface the Naira. Do not write on it," one reads. "Arrange your money neatly in straight pockets, wallets or pouches. Our Naira is who we are, and an icon of our neighborhood. Do not squeeze, stain, tear, spray or write on the Naira...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa's New Kind of Money Laundering | 4/27/2006 | See Source »

...miles outside Kathmandu, and people are lighting small wax candles. The morning after King Gyanendra went on television late Monday night to announce that he was capitulating to popular protests by restoring Nepal's parliament - an announcement that put an end to a nineteen-day cycle of protests, curfews, tear gas, rubber bullets and several deaths - the people of this ancient town of temples and palaces, which was once the capital of a medieval kingdom of Nepal, are offering thanks to the gods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Maoists Spoil Nepal's Victory Party? | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...reining it in. Many of those who were protesting for the past couple of weeks are still angry about the beatings they suffered; today they repeatedly jeered and mocked the police. In one place, the crowd scuffled with the police, and had to be dispersed with tear gas. Although most of the political parties are in favor of retaining a ceremonial monarchy, many on the street are now clear that they want the king to abdicate. "Gyanendra, leave the country," was the most vociferous shout from the crowds. And once Koirala and his fellow politicians have decided upon a role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Maoists Spoil Nepal's Victory Party? | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

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