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...donor countries for 30,000 tons of food for Sudan, its own estimates showed at least 35,000 tons would be needed. (Today the program says Sudan will need 15,000 tons a month.) But because of "donor fatigue" and the immense delivery problems, the program scaled back its request. Says an aid coordinator: "They defined the need according to their resources rather than the other way around...
...decades now, technologists have conjured futuristic visions of the "smart home," whose every appliance leaps to attention at your command: finding and dialing the number you request, diagnosing that ping in your car, displaying the recipe you choose, deciding which ingredients you're missing and ordering them for instant delivery from the grocer. What's more, each machine would borrow the computing power it needs on a moment-to-moment basis by accessing a wider network via wireless signal, without the annoyance of the endless peripherals yoked to today's desktop...
Because international students have little access to loans, Millar said they tend to request more HBS fellowships, which are grants. However, HBS can't give away more fellowship money to foreigners and still be equitable to domestic students, Millar said...
After so many years of inaction, the Lawrence family and others are finally demanding justice loudly and forcefully, and, at their request, the police stand, as if on trial, before a month-long public inquiry into their mishandling of the case...
...went for treatment. Drug usage continues to flourish in communities like Billings because nobody will take responsibility for the problem, but it is everybody's battle. Until everyone pulls together to fight drug use, it will only get worse. Name Withheld by Request Billings, Mont...