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...coeducational college, it is a relative newcomer to national prominence and the donations that come with it. And while it's ranked among the top 50 liberal-arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report, administrators worry even that may not be enough to persuade students it's worth the higher sticker price...
...quite possible that a quiet, close-to-the-vest player like Madoff who is not part of any global crime syndicate could operate comfortably for a long time and have a happy bank as his unwitting accomplice. Perhaps in this new push to reform bank practices, that process is worth revisiting...
...Well, I know you've said that if we care about these things, it's worth it to spend a little more. But what do you say to people who are destitute...
Ruiz Mateos made the angry statements as he announced that Mexico would slap tariffs across 90 U.S. products that were worth $2.4 billion in trade in 2007. He pulled no punches about his goal: the tariffs were designed to hit as many different U.S. states as possible. Going into effect on March 19, the tariffs of 10% to 45% affected goods ranging from onions and shaving cream to fruit juice and red wine. There was even a tariff on Christmas trees, which may not have worried the growers too much because they don't sell many in March...
...latest measures. As the world economy is suffering, the Mexican peso has lost about 40% of its value against the dollar in the past four months. That means higher prices for just about any product imaginable in the supermarkets and stores of Mexico, which imported $151 billion worth of goods from its northern neighbor last year. The new tariffs mean the prices will go up even further. "This will hit poor people, whatever the government says," Ramirez says. "Poor families use many of these products mentioned...