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...privately owned bank. Back in 2001, she lived through a meltdown of the Turkish banking system and a terrifying 9.5% one-year drop in gross domestic product. Akbank posted a big loss that year, but at least it escaped a worse fate: almost half of the nation's 80-plus banks disappeared...
...operation since 1983, US News utilizes data collected from annual surveys as well as from school Web sites. An example of their popularity: after the release of new numbers, the US News Web site received 10 million page visits as compared to the average of 500,000 per month. Plus, they just ranked us first over Princeton...
...roommates used to make fun of my compulsion to watch TV shows on my computer, but now I’d like to think they respect just how important it is to me. Plus, it’s pretty easy to tune them out since I’m wearing headphones most of the time...
...into her in the Eliot House dining hall, where she was sassily spreading cream cheese onto a bagel at brainbreak. But here, she seemed to be speaking in an entirely different language. “What’s a girl gotta do to get some Hemp-plus granola?” she retorted, stuffing a pack of stale bagels into her navy blue Longchamps bag before darting off to a meeting. A bit confused, I headed back to the library where I was studying with Henry J. Flemings ’09, a friend from class whom I questioned...
Boredom seems to be the most likely answer, plus a growing grass-roots resentment of elitist politicians who govern by focus groups rather than personal convictions. Says Steven Schier, chairman of the political-science department at Minnesota's Carleton College, of Ventura: "He's charismatic, he's warm, he's colorful. Coleman and Humphrey were much more conventional politicians and provided a nice gray backdrop. Every act needs a straight man, and he had two of them." Ventura's campaign manager, Doug Friedline, says, "He's very straightforward and honest. You may not like his answers, but you're gonna...