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...trends are troubling. At the end of the twentieth century, only ten percent of two-parent African-American households lived below the poverty rate, but an absolute majority of single-parent African-American households did. Married couples share certain qualities that make them more likely to succeed. Indeed, the breakdown of the family is one reason for the recent lag in economic progress among African Americans. And the fewer African Americans who are working, the less likely that greater numbers of them will rise out of poverty...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Crack in the Glass Ceiling | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...fact is that Harvard’s fate no longer lies in its own hands, and for a playoff berth to happen Dartmouth would have to suffer a breakdown of epic proportions while second and third place Yale and Brown essentially toiled in mediocrity for the rest of the year...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AMOR PERFECT UNION: All Hope Not Lost For the Crimson | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...breakdown in talks was the latest setback for the February 28 deal, which tamped down the violence that followed allegations that Kibaki's Party of National Unity had rigged the December 27 vote. More than 1,200 people were killed and 300,000 displaced in bloodletting that pitted Kenya's various ethnic groups against one another, and threatened a larger tribal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breakdown in Kenya Coalition Talks | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...breakdown of negotiations for Air France-KLM to buy Alitalia has left the Italian airline closer than ever to bankruptcy. On Thursday evening, the Milan stock exchange announced that Alitalia shares will be suspended until April 8, following the public company's next board meeting. The failure of talks with Air France, also prompted yet another resignation at the top, as Alitalia chairman Maurizio Prato stepped down just seven months after taking over the troubled air carrier with the goal of facilitating its sale. Now, nothing is likely to move until after Italy's April 13-14 national elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crack of Doom for Alitalia | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

...from winning the division.”One of those errors came in the regatta’s 11th race, when a pin flew off of Harvard’s boat, dropping them to a last-place finish.“We’re not allowed to get breakdown points for that, but we rotate boats every two races and it can get very hectic,” Dolbec said. “It came back to haunt us and we went from fourth to last which was pretty unfortunate.”The conditions also hampered the Crimson?...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Breezy Regattas Bring Mixed Results | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

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