Word: cuttingly
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...Faculty, it is much harder for students to find the kind of mentor from whom they would truly benefit. Even senior Faculty should have some connection to the undergraduates in their departments; they have the experience and familiarity to be talented advisers, as well as the influence to cut through red tape. It is not too much to ask that all the Faculty in a concentration be aware of the requirements they impose on students and be responsible for providing advice and answering occasional questions...
...women, the weekend's meteorological cocktail of light wind and thunderstorms cut the number of races down to only eight per division...
After decades of conflict and the deaths of thousands of innocent people, the British government should wake up and realize that there is only one solution to the Northern Ireland problem [WORLD, Feb. 21]: Britain must cut the umbilical cord to that troublesome province. After all the suffering the people have gone through, the result of a nationwide referendum would overwhelmingly indicate that Britain should relinquish its relationship with Ulster for good. Northern Ireland's warring communities, when faced with the prospect of managing their own affairs, would have to lay down their arms and iron out their differences...
JOHN ROCKER Suspension cut short--but don't count on any Wheaties endorsements...
...viable legal infrastructure," says Bill Browder, founder and head of the Hermitage Fund, which has been one of the leading players in the Russian market. Since August 1998, when the country suddenly devalued the ruble and defaulted on $40 billion in foreign debt, notes Browder, "Russia's been cut off from the capital markets, and thus there's been no incentive [for local businessmen] to behave"--hence ploys like the Sidanko caper. But those who have played Russia's market for years know it is ruled by a simple equation: high returns rarely come without equally high risks...