Word: westly
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...younger companion disagrees, and indeed, Olivole seems to be more the exception than the rule in opposing the planned relocation of the apartments to a site half a mile west...
...field of 18 of the nation’s best teams. Harvard tallied improving team marks of 310, 303, and 291 over the course of the three days, to finish the tournament 40 over par on the par 72 course. Pepperdine University the re[resentative from the West Coast Conference won the event with an overall mark of 17 over par. “We showed we can compete at a higher level against tougher schools,” Cho said. “This tournament was definitely a confidence booster for us.” Individually...
...island as a firing range and weapons-testing ground it negligently exposed Vieques' population of 10,000 to dangerous levels of toxins. The community, according to several independent medical studies, has a cancer rate 30 times higher than that of Puerto Rico's main island to the west. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a motion to dismiss the suit, which collectively seeks health and property damages in the billions of dollars, claiming the Federal Government's sovereign immunity. A federal judge in San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, is expected to make a ruling this fall. (See TIME...
...better than any human beings have enjoyed at any point in history, but we're not as happy. We don't report the same measures of social connectedness as we used to. That's the great paradox, and that, at least, is universal to affluent societies in the West...
...seems surprising that the leaders of an institution as sophisticated as Hizballah would fall for a simple Ponzi scheme. But the organization relies on a network of businessmen and fundraisers such as Ezzeddine, not just in southern Lebanon but also in West Africa, South America and wherever expatriate Lebanese do business. Hizballah has been trying to become financially independent from its main patron, Iran (which has its own financial problems), and earlier this year, a Hizballah official told TIME the organization is close to becoming completely self-sustaining. What effect the Ezzeddine scandal has on those plans remains...