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...defacing of the pristine beauty of the North Polar cap by oil rigs and pipelines, some believe Russia's planned expansion will threaten their own interests. In May, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Russia claiming the hydrocarbon-rich area would be to the detriment of U.S. interests. Unless Washington ratifies the U.N. Maritime Convention, pending since 1982, the Senator explained, the U.S. will have no say whatsoever in the dispute - it won't even have a seat on the International Seabed Authority that monitors nations' compliance with the U.N. Maritime convention, controls activities beyond...
...Committee on Social Clubs—the ad hoc body responsible for the alcohol policy revision—ignored Travia’s statement to the detriment of the student body. Rather than focus on the positives of the College’s new amnesty policy, this committee—unsurprisingly commissioned by the General Counsel of the University and not the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services—centered its attention on two near-death incidents last fall...
...Sarkozy's hand seems stronger than Royal's. Even as he sent lieutenants out to key UDF parliamentarians to encourage them to join his team, he was confident enough to vow at a rally in Dijon on April 23 that he would "seal no alliances to the detriment of my convictions." It's unlikely that he'll need to do so. André Santini, one of half a dozen udf mainstays who have moved into the Sarkozy camp, says, "We've already seen Sarkozy talking more about Bayrou's issues, like cutting the debt and reinforcing social supports." Santini adds...
...matches his voice with the guitar, note-for-note. Although it aligns with his style of mixing the simple with the mega-sonic, here it comes off as too basic. Bird frequently does a wonderful job of layering different elements, but occasionally, mixing too many ideas works to the detriment of the song as a whole. Take “Armchairs.” Bird begins with a slow wash of sound, which grows and changes slightly as piano comes to the fore. The song turns to lounge jazz, and then the song goes big at the end, crashing...
...resources, and this impression quickly disappears. Everyone knows that most students have bad encounters with Harvard’s mental health resources. Because of this negative reputation, Harvard’s mental health resources—rated highly by those who use them—are underutilized to the detriment of many Harvard undergraduates in need...