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...Some people will tell you that it doesn't matter what you feed your pre-frosh. Not true! The proper nutrition and food texture is vital in maintaining your pre-frosh's natural sheen and sharp teeth. Beware of the dining hall's buffet-style setup, however. Pre-frosh tend to overeat when faced with such overabundance. Remember: You should be able to just make out your pre-frosh's ribs when they are in a resting state...
...fire, and Southern courthouses were burned in the Civil War. The public records office in Dublin, Ireland, was destroyed in a fire in 1922. And in China's Cultural Revolution, the centuries-old ancestor records compiled by villages were declared "feudal garbage." In India, where most vital statistics are still unrecorded, rare documents are at Hindu holy spots where priests, known as pundits, write down births, deaths and marriages. But the documents, narrow sheaves of paper tied in cloth, are crumbling from rot, and the pundits themselves are dying...
AUSTRALIA --Early census records were destroyed because people feared discovery that their ancestors had been convicted felons. Crime records from the 1800s may include vital stats, including details of the offense. Try www.slnsw.gov.au www.naa.gov.au/ or www.alphalink.com.au/~aigs...
...number one and number two at Compaq Computer Corporation, handed in their resignations. The news came a little more than a week after Compaq announced massive shortfalls in revenues and earnings, and Wall Street hammered Compaq's stock accordingly. In a year when personal computers are ever more vital accessories, when even underdog Apple is making a killing, why can't the world's largest PC manufacturer make money...
Johnson & Johnson made a simple p.r. and money decision. It concluded, in part, that its image and profits as a health-enhancing company could not square with a sports event tainted by scandal. Corporate financial backing has become the vital adrenaline for the success of the Olympics, and the games in turn have become a major promotional tool for big businesses. "Ever since Peter Ueberroth made the Olympics into a big business event at the 1984 games in Los Angeles," says Saporito, "the games have changed into a pure money event." Although Johnson & Johnson is the first major company...