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...ignition of a stream of gas. But workers contended that the cloud was so dense that a valve must have been left open. In any case, the disaster dramatized the need for greater concern for safety by the chemical industry. Its lobbyists had persuaded the Bush Administration to remove tougher safety restrictions on such facilities from proposed legislation for renewing the Clean...
Throw in the fact that Brown has played much better than a 1-6 team over the last five weeks, and Harvard Coach Joe Restic's second try at his 100th career victory looks even tougher. The Bruins jumped out to a 13-0 second-quarter lead against Rhode Island before succumbing, 18-13, and then almost upset Ivy powers Princeton (trailing, 20-15, in the third quarter, Brown eventually lost, 38-15) and Penn (32-30) on consecutive weeks...
Hank Frothingham, Bank of Boston director forinternational capital markets and one of two IOPpanel respondents, disagreed, saying payment atsecondary rates is not a fair compromise.Frothingham instead said he backed tougher LatinAmerican debt servicing terms, drawing an analogyto Chapter 11 in America, which allows lenders toplace longterm claims on borrowers' assets whilethey reorganize their management under supervisionby authorities...
...like hiring midterm. We have an extensive training program in the fall that all the section leaders go through," Marius said. "Teachers hired in the middle of the year have to go through an accelerated training program...It makes their jobs tougher starting midway through the year...
Andreu Mas-Colell, the new associate dean for affirmative action, has faced tougher opponents than the Harvard bureaucracy in his 45 years...