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Although it is unclear whether the move is a strategic shift in U.S. policy, Bush has used language in recent days that implicitly compares Israel’s struggle against terrorism to the United State’s own ongoing campaign. Although the two situations cannot be directly compared—the political situation in Palestine is far more complex than the one in Afghanistan—we applaud the administration’s unambiguous support of Israel in this matter...
Wellesley’s investment committee has managed the college’s endowment in the past. But because of its increasing endowment, Wellesley has decided to create a daily management team and shift the investment committee’s role to an “advisory” one, Mendillo said...
...named Ginger, the Segway Human Transporter is the world’s first self-balancing scooter and allows a person to travel about 12 miles per hour. The scooter can run up to 15 miles on a single electric charge; to steer a Segway, a rider simply needs to shift their body weight and the machine will sense the change and respond almost instantaneously...
...officer familiar with the investigation said the department’s heightened response and the shift to Homicide were a direct result of pressure from Harvard and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which sponsored the convention Wiley attended...
...point. Before Sept. 11, debt-burdened Swissair, which owned 49.5% of Sabena, was already suffering from a costly expansion strategy that had contributed to $1.7 billion in losses last year. Even far healthier BA had airline analysts worried before the attacks. It had embarked on a risky course to shift its business toward high-end flyers, cutting capacity while spending money to improve service...