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...seduction is my charming mode of speech." She corrects him: "Your only tool of seduction is hope.") But when repayment is overdue, Geremia has no heart at all. He strips one young couple of every piece of their jewelry, plus a coffeemaker, and if the debtors try to avoid him, Geremia sends out his enforcer, a sad-eyed cowboy named Gino (Bill Murray lookalike Fabrizio Bentivoglio...
...Coast Guard. "Because both of them are in helicopters, they can understand what the other is going through." Jim credits their mutual success to friendly competition: "The reason she is moving up so fast is that she got to see all of my mistakes and has been able to avoid them," he says with a smile. He has four years' seniority over her and insists that she will never outrank him, since he will retire before that ever happens. Jim also vows that he will never let his wife beat him in any physical-training event, a hard promise...
...Kennedy School of Government. Moreover, data from surveillance cameras has never been used by the Administrative Board against a student. The University has understandably refused to disclose the exact location of video cameras. Revealing this information would undermine the efficacy of existing security measures, as criminals would simply avoid areas under video surveillance. Still, Harvard students can—and should—expect to be informed about the use of video surveillance on their campus. As these cameras exist only to protect students from outsiders, HUPD should be more forthright about their use. Even a short paragraph...
...Both supporters and opponents of the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment sound similarly dire alarms - about the need to either (a) "preserve the sanctity of marriage" or (b) "avoid enshrining discrimination into the Constitution." Though no one expects the amendment to pass, nothing can rally the Republicans' conservative base more quickly than a revived clarion call about the threat of moral decay embodied by same-sex marriages. And the base has been galvanized. In 2004, 13 states amended their constitutions to exclude gays from marrying. At least seven more will put anti-gay marriage measures on the ballot this November...
...Palestinians. While President Bush offered a lukewarm endorsement, suggesting that Olmert's plan "could lead to a two-state solution," he made clear that the U.S. preference is for that goal to be reached via negotiations. And the two sides appear to have agreed to repackage the proposals to avoid using the notion of a permanent border...