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- No longer free, Swedish museums see big drop in visits
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Visits to Sweden's national museums dropped nearly 20 percent last year after they scrapped a policy of free admissions and began charging for entry, the culture ministry said Thursday. Sweden's 19 national museums, 16 of them located in Stockholm, registered some 6.5 million visits in 2007,...
- Research articles 2008-01-10
- High schools mum on troubled grads
- It's too soon to know whether colleges and universities will re-examine admissions practices in light of the Virginia Tech killings. But last week's tragedy in Blacksburg served as a stark reminder to Louis Hirsch, admissions director of the University of Delaware, that when it comes to spotting potential problems, "it's...
- Research articles 2007-04-24
- AP Harry's College Try
- Ivies," "safeties," "AP prep courses," "legacy," "résumé-enhancing activity," "nonbinding early acceptance," "rolling admissions," "single-choice early action." If this argot is familiar to you, poor you: You have a child in high school, and these are the days that try your soul, the spring days when many college admissions are announced,...
- Research articles 2007-04-09
- How to Successfully Prepare For College
- PHILADELPHIA -- A successful college experience takes a lot of work - before a prospective student even sets foot on campus. One of the first steps in the college admissions process is standardized testing. Often parents and students face the dilemma of whether to take the SAT Scholastic Assessment Test...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
- 'Mr. Lazarescu' shows abyss of modern health care
- MR. LAZARESCU, it seems, has been hitting the bottle since his wife's death eight years ago. It catches up with him one dull Saturday night when gastric pains, headaches and disorientation prompt him to call an ambulance. So, begins his nightmarish journey into the dark maelstrom of contemporary health care....
- Research articles 2006-06-30
- UCI 'mole' leaked Armstrong tests to L'Equipe
- PARIS AFP — Cycling's governing body the UCI has suspended the manager of its health department after he leaked test results which formed the basis of a newspaper article alleging that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was a drug cheat. Last August French sports daily L'Equipe carried...
- Research articles 2006-02-27
- US ups pressure on Serbia to nab war criminals
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States stepped up pressure on Serbia to bring war crimes suspects to justice after what Washington called an "overdue admission" that army officers had helped hide former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic. "We are disappointed that, despite many statements of intent from the government...
- Research articles 2006-02-03
- Gonzales Admission that Passed on Faulty Legal Memo to President Without Expressing His Views on it Called 'Dereliction of Duty'
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales's admission today that he passed on a faulty legal memo on U.S. torture policy by his office without expressing his views on it is "a dereliction of duty," according to Elisa Massimino, the Washington, DC Office Director of Human...
- Research articles 2005-01-06
- Action liberalism.(Eugene McCarthy: The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism)(The Fall of the House of Roosevelt: Brokers of Ideas and Power from FDR to LBJ)(The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment)(B
- EUGENE MCCARTHY: THE RISE AND FALL OF POSTWAR AMERICAN LIBERALISM BY DOMINIC SANDBROOK Knopf, 416 pages, $25.95 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ROOSEVELT: BROKERS OF IDEAS AND POWER FROM FDR TO LBJ BY MICHAEL JANEWAY Columbia University Press, 284 pages, $27.50...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- OKC Events July 27, 2004
- Ann Gray Archer, new director of breast imaging at the University of Oklahoma Breast Institute and holder of the Elizabeth Merrick Coe Chair in Breast Imaging, was officially welcomed as the new doc on the block when Martha Williams and Liz Coe hosted a reception for her in the Williams...
- Research articles 2004-07-27
- W.C. Handy Music Festival/Songfest 2004 Means Great R&B, Rock, Country and Golf in North Alabama
- NEW YORK -- ASCAP Joins with the Music Preservation Society and the Muscle Shoals Music Association to Present July Music Festival ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will be joining with two of Alabama's leading music organizations -- The Music Preservation Society and The Muscle Shoals...
- Research articles 2004-06-30
- Programming for diversity: Auburn computer scientist writes program to ease admissions process
- It has not come as a surprise to Dr. Juan Gilbert, an assistant professor in computer science at Auburn University, that some highly selective colleges and universities would experience significant cost increases to implement admissions systems to comply with last summer's U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the University of Michigan...
- Research articles 2004-05-06
- In the air.(Suburban Living)
- Remotely interesting: WLS Channel 7 morning meteorologist Tracy Butler presents an "April Showers Day!" program at the Morton Arboretum's Thornhill Education Center from 1 to 3:30 p.m. today. The arboretum, at 4100 Route 53, Lisle, offers reduced admission of $1 to nonmembers today. ...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Briefly in Topeka
- WU scholar to deliver lectures Doug Colbert, Washburn University School of Law's first advocacy scholar in residence, will speak at public lectures today and Wednesday. Colbert's lecture, "The Badges and Incidents of Slavery: How the 13th Amendment Can be Used to Understand Today's Racially Discriminatory Practices,"...
- Research articles 2004-03-15
- Long Island Non-profits Briefs March 21, 2003
- Mather comedy show raises $27,500 Mather Hospital employees and guests recently enjoyed a dose of laughter at Mather's sixth annual comedy show, "Laughter Is the Best Medicine," at Majestic Gardens in Rocky Point. Combined with sponsor support, the event raised $27,500 to benefit the department...
- Research articles 2003-03-21
- Strictly Business, the Gulf Coast's Largest Regional Technology Event, Returns to Houston for 14th Year
- Business Editors Strictly Business Solutions Expo 2002 HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 17, 2002 Former Secretary of State James Baker to Address Approximately 1000 C-level Executives WHAT: The 14th annual Strictly BusinessR Solutions Expo is a two-day event that will address business issues most critical...
- Research articles 2002-09-17
- Health Care System Becomes Second-Largest Network in Eastern Massachusetts.
- By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 5--Caritas Christi, the health care system founded by Cardinal Bernard F. Law, has surpassed a Harvard-affiliated competitor to become the second-largest hospital network in Eastern Massachusetts, and will borrow $40 million...
- Research articles 2002-04-05
- Book Notes.(Time Out!)
- Author appearances - Alex Matthews signs "Death's Domain," her latest Cassidy McCabe mystery, and conducts a workshop at 2 p.m. Sunday at Centuries & Sleuths, 7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park. (708) 771- 7243. - John Irving speaks to readers at...
- Research articles 2001-10-05
- Two top business executives will headline the SupplyChainLink Expo virtual conference and trade show as keynote speakers.
- Thomas T. Stallkamp, CEO of MSX International (and former president of Chrysler Corp.), and W. James McNerney Jr., CEO of 3M Corp., will speak at the online event, which is sponsored by Cahners Business Information, Logistics Management's parent company. SupplyChainLink Expo, which is scheduled for Oct....
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- BOK offers special loan programs for damaged areas
- Anyone who wants to start or expand a business in downtown Oklahoma City including the vicinity of the Oklahoma City National Memorial or in other designated areas including those areas damaged by the May 3, 1999, tornado may be eligible for special loan programs. The Oklahoma Department of...
- Research articles 2001-01-08
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