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...Historically the yield on women has been lower than the yield on men,” Fitzsimmons said. “We have to be realistic here...
...other hand,” Fitzsimmons said, “African-Americans are among the most hotly contested students in the country. Their yield tends to be considerably lower than the overall average yield, so it’s really very, very hard to know...
...terrorists believe that they can influence national elections through hatred and fear, they will stop at nothing to do so. As long as there are candidates around the world willing to yield to terrorists’ pressure, there will be plenty of opportunities. The bombings in Spain were nothing short of a catastrophe, but they must be answered with a steadfast rejection of the use of violence as an assault on freedom. To do anything else, only serves the objections of terrorism. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened this weekend...
...example, after a barrage of misleading links were posted all over the Internet, the search terms “miserable failure” now yield the Bush administration’s official website as the top result. A search for “safetyschool” brings up www.yale.edu...
...warlords' land grabs have been sustained by the return of Afghanistan's most lucrative cash crop: opium. Outlawed by the Taliban in 2000, opium-poppy cultivation has spread from eight provinces in 1994 to 28 today. U.N. experts expect this year's crop to yield 3,600 tons of opium--75% of the world's heroin. According to the U.N., the combined income of poppy farmers and opium smugglers last year was $2.32 billion--equal to half of Afghanistan's official GDP. A Western anti-narcotics expert in Kabul estimates that 60% of the country's regional warlords are profiting...