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...teas, included in the running expenses of Memorial Church, average a cost of $50 per evening, Gomes says. He hosts about 30 teas each year, including every term-time week except for breaks, reading period and exams...
Lehigh finally called timeout and the entire Harvard men’s basketball team’s bench erupted. Well, everyone except for sophomore forward Graham Beatty. He was already up on his feet...
Amrozi, now being held in Bali and possibly facing the death penalty, has shown little remorse. At a police press conference, General Pastika relayed to Amrozi's relatives his feelings of regret for the trouble he has caused. About his victims, Amrozi had nothing to say except that he was sorry he had killed so few Americans. Australians, Britons and anyone who hangs out with them in the places where expats and vacationers congregate--the nationality hardly matters. All are now soft targets in the sights of Southeast Asia's deadly families of terror...
...ready for the most severe state-budget crises since World War II. As Governors across the U.S.--24 of them newly elected--prepare to ring in 2003, the only thing they are celebrating is that they have lots of company in their fiscal misery. Laws in all states except Vermont require a balanced budget. To achieve that in the current fiscal year, which in most cases runs through June 30, states must slash spending and tack on fees and taxes. What they are pondering ranges from the relatively painless (new taxes on tobacco and expanding gaming and lotteries...
...claim that they don't want to remain under the government's wing forever. They insist they will eventually build their own local facilities and networks in densely populated major metro areas (except for the last mile to the home, which no one expects will ever be replicated). But in a business with massive fixed costs and economies of scale--in which the current local networks were built with government subsidies and a guaranteed rate of return--the newcomers say they can't make the necessary investments until they have built up a critical mass of customers. Wayne Huyard, chief...