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...graduating council member Jason L. Lurie ’05, 22-20. His election by a narrow margin—against an outgoing council member—and his selection by the outgoing council, not by the student body, both spell a tenuous mandate for Capp, who must now tread lightly as he serves out the remainder of Nichols’ term...
...year alone, more than 300 companies were quoted, twice as many as in the previous year. The attraction for cash-hungry minnows is obvious. Firms don't need to produce a trading record, and benefit from lighter regulation. But while AIM makes raising capital easy, investors are having to tread carefully. Many companies floated on AIM are shells - listed businesses with no physical operation - or mining and exploration firms aiming to capitalize on booming energy prices, but with no income. So as long as small-cap exchanges are in vogue, fashion victims are inevitable. - By Adam Smith Getting...
Auto fanatics, start your engines: the market for car-related accessories is suddenly revving up. Bentley is introducing the super-exclusive Breitling Mulliner Tourbillon watch. For the off-roader, Hummer has collaborated with TechnoMarine on the XS Magnum Square, complete with a tire-tread strap, left. And for Mini owners, who really have to pack light, Mandarina Duck has introduced a set of luggage designed to fit snugly in the compact trunk. --By Betsy Kroll
...still have to rely on the departments to make any real progress toward interdisciplinarity, a method of study that has the potential to greatly enrich American academic culture. If they don’t do anything more than tread water, disciplinarity will be the norm for years to come...
...animals in a Chagall landscape. When Kolya Rodchenko (Baryshnikov) is "welcomed back" by the KGB, he is put in the custody of Raymond Greenwood (Gregory Hines), a black tap dancer who defected from the U.S. after Viet Nam. Poor Raymond is a neurotic mess; glamorous Kolya has the nimble tread of melancholic star quality. Raymond agonizes about his family back home; Kolya never visits or mentions the family he must have left stranded. Raymond hates U.S. politics, but the disco beat pulsing from Kolya's tape deck calls him home. Good idea, Ray, since the cagey beast from...