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...After two Libyans were accused of planting a bomb in 1988 on Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded ever Lockerbie, Scotland, and killed 270 people, Gaddafi's refusal to extradite the suspects to America or Britain led to drastic U.N. sanctions. Gaddafi finally admitted responsibility for the attack in 2003 and paid more than $2.7 billion to the families of the victims, initiating the end of Libya's international isolation...
...Commonwealth in the time that I’ve been an elected official,” said State Representative and former Cambridge mayor Alice K. Wolf. While some cities will make immediate cuts to balance their budgets, others, including Cambirdge, may be able to eke by without such drastic measures, said Cambridge Vice Mayor Brian P. Murphy, who said the city should be able to slow down programs rather than make wholesale cuts. “This year, we can probably make up the cuts through efficiencies, delays in hiring, and using reserves,” he said. The city...
...Fairfax was never considering anything that drastic, but in response to parents' complaints, the superintendent in April launched a study on how the district's grading system affects students. (Fairgrade, initially a co-sponsor of the study, jumped ship in December when its members disagreed with how the school board characterized the results.) Based on the findings released in early January - which showed that changing the scale would slightly boost GPAs but was inconclusive about whether it would help students get into better colleges - the school board on Jan. 22 agreed to start using a higher premium for tough courses...
...Sessagesimi on Friday, Hayes never looked back, claiming the match, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Encouraged by his turnaround, the junior completed an undefeated weekend by pummeling two UAM opponents, yielding just six games through both matches. Despite the dominant performance, Hayes refused to take credit for a drastic change in his game, echoing his coaches’ emphasis on mental preparation.“I think [the key] is focus, nothing miraculous.” Hayes said. “I’m not training differently, it’s just attention to little things...
...many more rules remain on the books. They include regulations that allow mountaintop-removal mining projects to pollute streambeds with leftover dirt, and a Bush move to begin to permit drilling for oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf. Worse, they also include a drastic weakening of the Endangered Species Act, allowing federal agencies to bypass expert advice from federal scientists on whether proposed projects would have an impact on endangered species, essentially cutting the heart out of the act. "The number of regulations where the Bush Administration succeeded far outnumbered the ones where they failed," says Walke...