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...year for us. When we first took office we were faced with high prices of raw materials and oil, followed by the financial tsunami and economic downturn. We took measures to rescue the banking industry. We also reduced the inheritance tax from 50% to 10%. That has had an affect on Taiwanese capital outside of Taiwan. In recent months, that capital has been coming back. We also distributed shopping vouchers to our citizens. That was a very successful program. We also will inject about $20 billion for public construction. (Read TIME's interview with Ma after his election...
...savings will come from cutbacks in staff, though Martin wrote in an e-mailed statement that HUDS will seek to keep “as many jobs as possible.” Some varsity athletes who regularly eat breakfast after early morning practices are concerned they will be disproportionately affected by the elimination of hot foods. As they ate omelettes in Eliot dining hall yesterday morning, rowers Emily B. Walker ’11 and Laurel J. Gabard-Durnam ’10 said they believe that limited breakfast options will almost certainly affect their performance on the water...
...entire social lives cannot exist in the river and then they still expect us to live in the Quad,” said Elfenbein, who added that House activities and events were the main highlights of Quad life. Although many students said they felt Quad residents were being disproportionately affected, most said they understood that the extra impact was incidental. “I don’t think they’re out to target the Quad,” said Manny J. Antunes ’11. “The Quad is disenfranchised because it?...
...Swimmer William A. Heyburn ’11 said that the changes may negatively affect Harvard’s ability to recruit student athletes...
...Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The courts have ruled that even if a farmer grows his wheat locally, sells it locally and someone buys it locally, the entire transaction process is still governed by interstate commerce because of the concept that his actions affect the entire marketplace - including, most importantly, the ability of a farmer in a neighboring state to sell his wheat across state lines. (See pictures of the munitions industry...