Word: waiting
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...United Students Against Sweatshops, and Mirna Chavarría Lopez, a 37-year-old former worker in Russell’s Honduran factory, to campus in order to talk to administrators. “We’re very concerned that Harvard said they were going to wait for the FLA recommendations,” Mirza said. “The FLA has really mishandled this case in terms of their investigation.” Mirza and Chavarría Lopez have sent a letter to Harvard President Drew G. Faust, and they spoke to students outside the Science Center...
...finest jewelry, and, of course, the oh so necessary derby hat, and treat yourself to some sweet tea, mint juleps, and hopefully a little barbecue as you enjoy the action from Churchill Downs. Most of the fun here will be viewing the elegant spectators around the track as they wait for the race to start...
...spending of $675 is a quarter of that average. Mexicans regularly complain about (and often try to avoid) overcrowded and understaffed public clinics and hospitals, where patients sometimes have to bring their own medicines and bandages if they want treatment. It's one reason partly why Mexicans tend to wait too long to seek treatment - another reason Mexico seemed slow off the swine-flu mark - and why they tend to rely on home-made treatments instead of doctor's orders...
...There are more countries perched on the E.U.'s outer rim, eager to join, but the downturn means they are probably in for a long wait. A plan to draw poorer neighbors such as Armenia, Belarus and Ukraine closer to the E.U. will be launched on May 7. But this "Eastern Partnership" - which nudges them towards European norms of democracy, open markets and the rule of law - is also jeopardized by the crisis. "When E.U. member states themselves are entering dire straits, it will also be increasingly difficult to commit more E.U. funding for the neighbors," says Nicu Popescu from...
...Nefelejcs Utca (Forget Me Not Street) on the edge of Tiszalök's Roma quarter bolsters Bencze's contention that the killer or killers plan their attacks and escapes carefully. By positioning themselves on the outskirts of the community, Koka's killers were able to lie in wait unobserved, and slip away without witnesses seeing their vehicle. According to a source in the Roma National Council, Koka's killers were careful not to leave a shell casing behind as evidence...