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...past, departments have offered food at faculty gatherings—coffee and pastries at breakfast meetings and catered sandwiches at lunch. With the entire university charged with the task of tightening its belt by FAS Dean Michael D. Smith, nearly every department has had to scale back...
...Vietnam War. "There is not a lot of room for political maneuvering. The age of dividing up the easy surpluses is over. We've been on a borrowing binge, both in the private and public sector, and we're going to have to enter a time of belt-tightening." (See the top 10 financial-crisis buzzwords...
...ever walked through a swarm of gnats at a picnic, you have some idea of what it's like to navigate the mass of debris that circles our planet in low-Earth orbit. Space planners have long warned that the growing belt of cosmic junk would eventually lead to collisions, and on Tuesday it happened, when an American satellite and a defunct Russian satellite totaled each other 500 miles above Siberia. This has sparked new worries that space is simply becoming too dangerous a place to travel. Things aren't nearly that severe yet - but they're getting worse...
...sort of a ham—very loud and presentational—so the Pudding was luckily right up my alley, too!THC: What was it like to both act and write for HPT? Any preference?WBP: I’m glad I have some experience under my belt as a writer, but I think I’m more of a performer. Maybe I like attention too much! Last year I was in the show, as well as writing it, which was a crazy experience. When I wasn’t rehearsing a scene, I would be brainstorming with...
...Harvard’s endowment, valued at almost $37 billion last June, lost roughly 22 percent of its value by the end of October, and amid subsequent belt-tightening measures—including a November hiring freeze on FAS staff—some staff have expressed concerns about the potential for layoffs...