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...writing of tests is "a very expensive process," contested Nicosia, which would be "prohibitively expensive" if special administrations such as the Sunday test always used fresh exams. Given what is at stake, this concern about finances is troubling. We'd like to think that the people who make the SAT work in an economic vacuum. But attention to the costs is also instructive, as ETS and the College Board have recently introduced a number of changes that will be sure to increase revenue generated by pre-college testing...
...late to save the Galapagos. Among prescriptions scientists suggest: cut off immigration, institute a quarantine system to keep out foreign species, upgrade waste and sewage systems, give park rangers more funds and authority to wipe out poaching and illegal fishing, and give local inhabitants a bigger stake in the tourism industry...
...Harvard and Brown men's water polo teams face off tonight in the Northern Division Championships at Blodgett Pool. For freshman phenom Mike Zimmerman, there is more at stake than just a berth in the Eastern Division Championships...
Neoisolationist voices in Congress argue that forces should be deployed only when our security is directly at stake. While such threats may include an attack on Persian Gulf oil resources, they have little tolerance for humanitarian concerns or international...
...personal fortune of $400 million and providing his investors, whose assets total $2.6 billion, with huge profits. Unlike mutual funds, which handle investments of varying sizes from an unlimited number of clients, hedge funds are private limited partnerships of no more than 99 investors, usually with a minimum stake of $1 million. As such, they are not subject to the same regulations imposed on mutual funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission. By selling short securities whose prices they expect to fall and taking highly leveraged positions, hedge-fund managers can take bigger risks and, they hope, reap bigger rewards...