Briefcase: Yale raises its level of free financial aid
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- Briefcase: Yale raises its level of free financial aid
- `I am a stylish maami’
- Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs
- MISSISSIPPI’S BURNING
- A guide to British pubs by Adam Edwards
Briefcase: Yale raises its level of free financial aid
International Herald Tribune – Mar 12, 2005
"There's nothing wrong with being a PEP," Charlie Intriago, founder of the newsletter Money Laundering Alert, said at a recent conference on the subject. "George Bush is a PEP, Dick Cheney is a PEP, Bill Clinton is a PEP, and Hillary Clinton is a PEP. " Scotiabank,for one, makes no distinction between home-grown and foreign PEPs, said Ron King, the Canadian bank's chief anti-money laundering officer. "No country's political officials have been completely immune to some form of political corruption," he said. bankers and officials attending the conference argued that the country's laws, its tax authorities and its police agencies are sufficient protection against corruption.
`I am a stylish maami’
Hindu – Mar 12, 2005
Nowadays, image and packaging have become so important, no? Pop singers go out of their way to groom themselves, but very little is individual style. My style was nothing extraordinary, but it was the jolt of seeing a sari-clad woman sing night-clubbish songs that stuck in people’s heads. ” Usha Uthup was one of the country’s first pop singers at a time when home-grown pop artistes were few and frowned upon. From the age of 20, she has been singing on stage, and took her music even to nightclubs. Although it later contributed to removing the stigma attached to women singing in nightclubs, it wasn’t rebellion alone that made her walk in wearing a sari, grab a mike and croon away to a predominantly male, somewhat drunk audience. “Playback singing didn’t offer me the space to sing what I sang best. And I wasn’t formally trained either.
Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs
Asia Times Online – Mar 12, 2005
Obeidi told Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law that the diffusion breakthrough, though technically elegant, didn’t fit Iraq’s limited industrial capabilities and production of enriched uranium by diffusion would be difficult to conceal from international scrutiny. Pressed for alternatives, Obeidi proposed a centrifuge strategy and left the meeting attached to the regime’s Special Security Branch in command of 200 engineers and technicians on the secret crash program to pursue both enrichment methods. The unsuccessful test of a home-grown centrifuge, based on antiquated technology, and a warning that Kamel Hussein was “tired of failures”, sent Obeidi and his team on their shopping spree in the international scientific community and the nuclear black market for a more modern solution. Obeidi’s ingenuity in deception and engineering keyed the project’s success. Writing to alert the world to the relative ease of nuclear proliferation, Obeidi warns that the real secrets for weapons of mass destruction remain buried, not in gardens, but in the minds of thousands of scientists around the world. Their knowledge can still be exploited by autocrats through threats and coercion. It’s a convincing argument, partially undermined by the extraordinary resourcefulness of Obeidi and his team, as well as improvements in the global non-proliferation regime.
MISSISSIPPI’S BURNING
Globe and Mail – Mar 12, 2005
write(lugAC);} placeAC(“lug”); MISSISSIPPI’S BURNINGThis stretch of shore ain’t what it used to be: Casinos and golf courses have sprung up, bringing with them luxury hotels, lavish restaurants and a wave of travellers. On a road trip along the Gulf Coast, LASZLO BUHASZ explores this laid-back Las Vegas where the culture is home grown LASZLO BUHASZ March 12, 2005. html –> BILOXI, MISS. — As I drove east along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast from the quiet resort town of Pass Christian, there was still much of the old, languid South on display despite the waves of change that have rolled up on this shore during the past decade. On the right side of Highway 90, a 42-kilometre-long stretch of white sand curves past Long Beach and Gulfport toward Biloxi and Ocean Springs. Despite a mild, mid-January afternoon, the man-made, groomed beach was virtually deserted.
A guide to British pubs by Adam Edwards
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 12, 2005
And it is humming with business when I arrive at a Thursday lunchtime. I have to push my way past regulars chatting about village issues to order my beer and baguette, a Francophile import about which I remain dubious. It was a must-have Continental exotic when it arrived in the 1990s, but the years have stripped it of its foreign charm and left it as a home-grown damp cylinder of chewy white dough. However, the ingredients are excellent, in particular the home-cooked ham, which was a fine accompaniment to the well-kept Brakspear’s Fire Dog, the strong, malt-flavoured, seasonal guest beer. As I settle into this cosy establishment, I notice that it contains two small touches that are in my view symbols of a great village pub: a house-brick filled with non-safety matches and a soda siphon on the bar. Both show a generosity of spirit by the landlord. Although I do think that the featured collection of empty soda siphon bottles hanging above a settle might be taking the “good local” lark a step too far.