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...arbitrary criteria, one officer estimated a value of 5,000 rupees for the parts, and another estimated a value of 10,000 rupees. Finally, after some negotiation, they settled on the value of 5,000 rupees as both fine and tax. My tired and embarrassed family had to wait for more than an hour at the airport until the drama was over...
...layers that appreciate your generosity. Then—and only then—will you see the beauty of the country you are volunteering in. Moreover, you will see massive opportunities for reforms in the system on the flip side of the frustrating experience. It is worth the wait! But remember to record the frustrating experiences so that we can collectively work to improve the systems that keep victimizing nearly five billion of the world’s population...
...That process of careful scientific analysis and scrutiny will take years, probably decades. But it would be worth the wait. Scholars aren't even sure how this enigmatic civilization disappeared. Was it eradicated by conquest or washed away by floods, or did its people just blend into other migrations settling the Indian subcontinent? Although Harappan cities were vast - Mohenjo-daro could have been populated by as many as 50,000 people, a staggering figure for such deep antiquity - they have left behind few towering monuments or epic ruins. Instead, we have clues in miniature, a copper figurine of a mercurial...
Instead, judges sought fresh acts that would excite the crowd—even debating whether they would have room for more than one male singing pianist. “Wait, do we already have a heartthrob?” said Gary L. Pelissier Jr. ’11, the other co-coordinator of Freshman Week. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...much more valuable cargo, would the hijackers target the Arctic Sea and its small load of timber? Why didn't the ship send out a distress signal? Why did Israeli President Shimon Peres pay a surprise visit to Russia a day after the ship was rescued? Why did Russia wait so long to send its navy to find the ship? And what did the brother of one of the alleged hijackers, Dmitri Bartenev, mean when he told Estonian TV on Aug. 24 that his brother and the other suspected pirates had been "set up ... They went to find work...