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Glynn, who is a PSLM member, said she and fellow protesters would try to implement non-violent "direct action" to support their cause, rather than resort to the kind of vandalism that marked last year's Seattle marches...
...Washington-based supra-national bank comprising 182 member countries that functions as the lender of last resort to guarantee the stability of the international monetary system. Designed to promote economic growth, it disburses some $30 billion annually in loans to developing and transitional countries. It also provides emergency loans to countries facing currency collapse, in order to minimize the danger to the wider world economy. Most recently, it played a leading role - at Washington's behest - in bailing out the troubled economies of Mexico in 1994 and Asia and Latin America during the financial crisis of 1997-98, as well...
...travel seemed exciting enough. For only $30, as opposed to a $200 plane ticket, we could take a break from our Key West spring break for a weekend out on the town: Miami Beach. Five and a half hours later, amusement at our tour of the Keys' extensive resort and mall facilities was wearing a little thin. And while Miami was certainly worth the trip, our Greyhound adventure was surprisingly hard...
...Airport Network the prime culprit. Sure, they feed our news addiction and send along the stream of stock prices (the symbols themselves some quixotic mix of advertising and investment), but they don't stop there: One "news" piece, more likely a subtle advertisement for a product or resort, is followed by the CNN logo and theme music, to keep the company and the product in the forefront of your thoughts. The headache these televisions cause should give one of the aspirin or ibuprofen companies (you choose your preferred name) a chance to advertise in this aggressive-advertisement traps...
...tell them they're not in our field," Andrews says. Graduating without honors is generally a last resort...