Word: case
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...ethnic club and AAA leaders are quick to assert the independence of Asian ethnic clubs from AAA. While students and administrators refer to AAA as the "umbrella group" for all Asian clubs, that is not the case, says Cheng. "AAA is independent with a different mandate than [other ethnic clubs have...
Unlike Lee, who earned a reputation as an "activist" chair by voting openly on council business, Subramanian has restored the tradition of using his vote only in case...
...life signs of the U.S. economy have been shaky for months, as if it had a mild case of the Shanghai flu. Inflation is drifting upward, while economic activity seems stuck in a quagmire of intense foreign competition and excessive debt. During the last quarter of 1989, the economy grew by only 0.5%, the slowest pace in three years. Warns Kazuaki Harada, chief economist of Japan's Sanwa Bank: "The real U.S. situation is worse than the growth-rate figures would indicate." Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, whose finger is closest to the American economic pulse, thinks the current...
...More than a decade of ever loosening regulation of credit terms and conditions led first to financial debacles in savings-and-loan associations and currently to widespread concern about the health of many banks in general. Says Robert Litan, a senior fellow at Brookings Institution: "One could make the case that our banking system is more fragile now than at any time before a recession...
...case grew out of attempts by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to crack down on panhandling in New York City subway cars and stations, but the ruling has nationwide implications. Seeking to stem the proliferation of needy and homeless in a system that serves 1 billion passengers a year, the MTA last October launched its so-called Operation Enforcement. Within weeks, two homeless panhandlers -- Papa Joe Walley, 50, and William Young Jr., 40 -- complained to the Legal Action Center for the Homeless that they were being harassed by the police while begging in the subway. The center filed a class action...