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...We’ve been focusing on buying food better,” said Raymond Cross, HUDS director of finance. “If we buy local products when they’re in season the supply is greater and you tend to get a better price...
...their own against the world's strongest army. And that will leave the U.S. forces shouldering the bulk of the counterinsurgency duties. But even many pro-U.S. Iraqi politicians appear to believe that the heavy U.S. presence in their cities, and their actions in pursuit of the insurgents, tend to amplify support for the insurgency. An escalation of fighting between U.S.-led forces and the insurgents could undermine the effort to build legitimacy for the political process building up to a hand-over. Which is why the insurgents can be expected to do whatever they can to escalate their...
...income students tend to have lower standardized test scores, and they tend overwhelmingly not to apply early. So if a school’s admissions policies are driven by rankings, low-income students are left marginalized...
...look at how other schools measure up, starting from the least economically diverse. Throughout, the percentage of Pell Grant recipients at each school—a widely used barometer for income diversity, since the federal grants are given to students whose families tend to make $40,000 a year or less—measures diversity...
...despite Frumin’s jet-setter image, his friends and clients (they tend to overlap) say he’s a reliable professional. “You run into a lot of scumbags in this business,” “Real World: Las Vegas” cast member Steven Hill says to FM on Frumin’s cell phone. “But Steve and his guys couldn’t be any more professional. They do things correctly and ethically. I haven’t always had such great experiences [with promoters] in the past...