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...Office of Career Services for employer relations, said that “the number of students who attend these events has been significant.” She added that the CIA was getting more attention at the Career Forum this fall than it did two to three years ago. “We are always received very warmly by Harvard,” said Harf. The CIA looks for people who are highly qualified, motivated to serve their country, and who have skills such as foreign language abilities and technical expertise, according to Harf. “The CIA comes...
...more rapid changes within the three beleaguered American automobile manufacturers that have received assistance from the administration’s multi-billion dollar bailout fund. GM lost $30.9 billion last year, and its share price has fallen to as low as $1.27 from a high of $35 three years ago. The company has been criticized for failing to anticipate plummeting demand for gas-guzzling SUVs and neglecting to explore energy-efficient technology, causing it to cede U.S. market share to foreign competitors such as Toyota. In particular, analysts have recently attacked Wagoner for the restructuring plans he enacted during...
...Notre Dame provided the site several years ago for New York Governor Mario Cuomo to offer his infamous rationalization that, as a Catholic, he was personally opposed to abortion, but, as a public figure, he should not necessarily refuse to support it. Such a defense, mounted by every progressive Catholic politician since, clearly indicates that “truth” imposes no obligation if public opinion and the machinations of well-funded lobbyists are not fortuitously aligned. That shameful episode, a source of scandal to faithful Catholics even today, threatens to repeat itself...
...evening mist rising off the Kameng River as two Indian engineers appear on the balcony of the Dewana Hotel. Our heads are surrounded by a hungry halo of mosquitoes, and on the street below, a Nishi tribesman wielding a sword wanders drunkenly among yapping dogs - until a half-century ago, his people had engaged in the quaint practice of headhunting. "You're perfectly mad to come here for a holiday," one of the engineers bellows. "For us, this is a punishment posting...
...Roldan had just received a new lab coat with her name embroidered on the pocket. She worked as a dermatological assistant and although her doctor's office was struggling - fewer people are getting Botoxed these days - her boss assured her that everything was fine. But that was a month ago. Now she is at Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park at 2 pm on a Tuesday, tossing an office telephone down a measured runway in the very first, and possibly only, Unemployment Olympics. "It's not like I have anywhere I have to be," she says, "I mean, not anymore...