A Sampling of Clips for
August 01, 2003
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China Vague on Any Plan
to Boost the Yuan
Los
Angeles Times, Aug. 1-Though pressured by the
U.S., Japan and Europe to revalue its currency, Beijing is keen
on keeping goods cheap in order to fuel export drive. (Quote
by Susan Shirk, a professor in the Graduate
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC
San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china1aug01,1,3827819.story
GOPs have
out-of-pocket advantage
Contra Costa Times, Aug. 1- Like a
magazine asking subscribers to pay up again just a few days
after they last renewed, Gov. Gray Davis must appeal to past
contributors less than a year after his re-election. (Quote
by Gary Jacobson, a political-science professor
at UC San Diego.)
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/special_packages/davis_recall/6434692.htm
California
Crackdown on Cigarette Sales to Minors Yields Results
Sacramento Bee, Aug. 1-Illegal cigarette
sales to California teens dropped 37 percent over the past year,
according to statistics gathered during an annual sting operation
by state law enforcement officials. (Quote by John Pierce,
a tobacco specialist and health professor at the University
of California, San Diego.)
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UC, CSU
Caps Likely
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 1- Thousands
of high school seniors are expected to be turned away from the
state's public university systems in the 2004-05 school year
because of new enrollment caps -- even though they meet the
academic qualifications for admission, university officials
said Thursday. (Quote by UC San Diego undergraduate
Stephen Klass, chairman of the University of
California Student Assn.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-enroll1aug01,1,4459830.story
Afraid of
shark attacks? Try swimming with Birch
La Jolla Light, July 31- The Birch
Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
is making it possible for people to embark on a "face-to-face
mask" adventure with their summer program, Snorkel with
the Sharks.
http://www.lajollalight.com/2003/07/31/n030731try_birch.html
