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Coming up with that amount of money in a short period of time is difficult for even the most well-off. It’s no wonder that students often choose not to buy their books at all, or avoid the courses with particularly high costs. Many choose, instead, to rely on the Harvard library system to have the necessary books on reserve, only to find them checked out when major assignments or exams are around the corner. It is a shame that at the world’s premier educational institution, some students don’t have access...
...swept the world's financial markets. But the further asset prices fell, the worse the crisis became. Securities that had been the collateral for immense pyramids of debt were suddenly unsellable. The central banks had to admit they lacked the means to stem the outflow. The only way to avoid a complete financial implosion was literally to close the world's stock exchanges. London's exchange remained shut down until January...
...Mark Mumma, a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by Omega against him and his company, Mummagraphics, Inc. Omega alleged that Mr. Mumma engaged in a smear campaign waged on his many websites to brand our clients "criminal spammers" after Omega refused to pay Mr. Mumma $6,250 to avoid a lawsuit he threatened to file. Mr. Mumma, based his characterization of our clients as "spammers" on the fact that he received email that he claimed he did not ask for. Contrary to the content of the article, the evidence in the case shows that: 1) the email sent...
...Green Zone and stick them in a secure facilities outside Iraq - perhaps in some of those "black sites" the CIA says it has vac ated. The Iraqis would howl, of course, but they lost their moral credibility with last week's lynching. The Bush Administration may try to avoid responsibility for what happened last Saturday. But it's time they take some...
...trash bags of clothes and even a Razor scooter from his tent while tidying up. Passing motorists slow down to gaze upon G?rard and his fellow campers; foreign tourists and vacationing French people stroll by, some taking photos and others stopping to converse with the homeless protestors. "Usually people avoid us - change to the side of the street so we don't cross paths," says G?rard. "So I guess it's a nice change in attitude, though it will probably only last as long as all this does...