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Robert H. Giles, Curator of the Nieman Foundation, said that falling circulation rates indicate a growing interest in free news among the public, and as a result, waves of layoffs have hit many newspapers across the country...
...this seems like a totally illogical line of thinking, it may be because the entire concept of "school pride" is inherently irrational. "Spirit" is a manifestation of camaraderie among individuals who may very well have nothing in common except for shared affiliation with a group, be it to a college, a House, or a class year. All too often I hear fellow Harvard students trying to treat spiritedness as if it needs a deeper explanation—"I think there would be so much more House spirit if housing was nonrandomized and I could live with people who shared...
...said he attributes the higher proportion of vitamin D deficiency among populations with darker skin tones to the greater amounts of melanin in their skin. As melanin impedes vitamin D production, it takes significantly longer for someone with darker skin to produce the adequate amounts...
...Administration put Abbas in an untenable position earlier this month by leaning on him to revoke Palestinian support for the U.N. discussing the Goldstone Report, which accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during last winter's fighting in Gaza. So intense was the outcry that followed among Palestinians, including top leaders of Fatah, that Abbas was forced to make a humiliating about-face...
...Women in the U.S. enjoyed fewer improvements than their international counterparts, even though men have been laid off in greater numbers during the recession: "[U.S.] labor force participation of women falls from 70% to 69% and the percentage of women among professional and technical workers falls from 57% to 56%. These losses offset the gains made in the estimated earned income of women and the percentage of women among legislators, senior officials and managers. While the overall score of the United States in political empowerment remained the same as previous years, as other countries make progress, the United States...