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...skiers, a heavy snowfall is a happy occasion, a piece of good meteorological fortune falling from the sky in soft crystals. Certainly, resort operators across the Alps must have felt lucky when as much as 20 ft. of snow piled up during the past six weeks in winter playgrounds like Chamonix, Klosters and Kitzbuhel. And European travel agents were busily feeding thousands of tourists into the mountains...
Jorge Campos, the most popular athlete in Mexico, left his team in Mexico City and flew to this Pacific resort to meet his father. The player spoke briefly outside the family home, saying only that his father was well and he did not think a ransom had been paid...
...role and modus operandi of the IMF and the World Bank must be substantially revisited in view of the realities of the new environment created by the increasing global role of the emerging-market economies. It would not be sufficient to transform the IMF into a lender of last resort at the global level. Such a move would also require the elaboration of a broad consensus toward a new global financial infrastructure that will ensure a smoother and more transparent functioning of the institutions and a better ability to identify potential crises and contain them...
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...manic scramble of Uniball Deluxe pens, not all is lost. Fun can come when some students resort to antics for attention. Every semester, a handful of students manipulate the classroom into an arena for the entertainment of others. Several Harvard student organizations have maximized their visibility this way. While a cappella groups often sing at the start of a lecture to plug an upcoming jam, more offbeat spectacles have taken place. In December, the Phoenix S.K. final club sent its new members to Literature and Arts B-51, "First Nights: Five Performance Premieres" to show off their legs and moves...