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Planners of Summers’ installation settled on the council president because he represents students at the College, Hunt says. The choice also allowed officials to avoid a time-consuming audition process, such as the one used to pick student speakers at Commencement, he says...
Senior quarterback Brant Hall completed 16-of-31 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns to avoid a huge upset and lead the No. 8 Mountain Hawks (4-0) past Cornell (0-3, 0-1) to their 17th consecutive victory...
...avoid disruptions resulting from frequent evacuation drills, some firms are questioning the appeal of trophy buildings like Chicago's Sears Tower, which was cleared during the attacks and for a few hours on a day the following week on the rumor of another hijacked plane. Many Wall Street firms, in fact, recovered quickly because their work forces were dispersed. While Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage business occupied the World Trade Center, its headquarters are in midtown Manhattan, and a trust-services division is based in Jersey City, N.J. "Companies should be in low-profile locations for many good business reasons...
...help concerning military action, military bases, soldiers or anything of the sort, then the world has to be consulted. The best thing, if there is evidence, is to get bin Laden and try him. Attacking the Afghans will harm a lot of innocent people which we want to avoid...
...influence competition and are not what the market requires," said spokesman Thomas Jachnow. Lufthansa had been forecasting earnings as high as $690 million for the year, but CEO Jürgen Weber said "it will require immense efforts on the part of all Lufthansa staff if we are to avoid an operating loss this year." Weber said North Atlantic advance bookings were down 34% in October, 10% in November and 30% in December. "As soon as we recognize that a route in the next six months is not a money earner, we need to remove it immediately," he said...