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...Seattle Post-Intelligencer, owned by Hearst, will almost certainly close or only publish online. Hearst has said it will also close the San Francisco Chronicle if it cannot make massive cuts. The most recent rumor is that the company will lay off half the editorial staff. Still, that action may not be enough to make the property profitable...
...form, and a few isolated meltdowns overshadowed promising outings by several Harvard pitchers this weekend.After the team’s bats struggled to shake off the cobwebs in Game 1 on Friday against the Gamecocks—a 4-1 loss, and the Crimson’s first live action outdoors this year—the Harvard offense came alive to string together 26 runs in the final three contests of the series.The Crimson’s pitching and defense couldn’t hold up its end of the bargain in a 12-10 loss in the first game...
...quick action by the president and his advisors in the midst of this truly frightening recession deserves praise. We are disappointed, however, that certain members of Congress have used this recession as an excuse to enact legislation that makes it all but impossible for financial firms to hire skilled foreign graduates of American universities, including Harvard. A little-known provision in the ARRA classifies all firms receiving federal bailout funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program as H-1B dependent, legally mandating them to find American citizens or legal permanent residents to fill any job opening before offering a position...
...painfully loud pout session in which six babies gradually turned whimpers into sobs, and then into wails. The noise music score by Mark A. VanMiddlesworth ’10, who is also a Crimson Arts editor, was especially effective here. It provided a melancholy contrast to the intense action on the set and added to the general tone of irony and discomfort. The music escalated in volume with the wailing as the babies stretched their masks in agony, their faces seeming to melt like the faces in the painting. One began to howl like a coyote. Eventually the crying died...
...Lula da Silva did make a halfhearted attempt to spur a national debate last year, calling abortion a public-health issue - even as he declared himself steadfastly against it. But with the Church quick to stifle such talk and the general public not sufficiently engaged to demand action, the debate never took off. In truth, abortions and unwanted pregnancies are a sad constant in Brazil. Although abortion is illegal, an estimated 1 million women each year have one. The poor are forced into clandestine clinics or take medication, while the better-off are treated by qualified physicians at well-appointed...