Word: breaking
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...preparing to go through another round of layoffs. It has hopes, which are probably futile, that it can push out enough people, in addition to getting creditor concessions and supplier price cuts, to prove to Congress that it can operate at break-even. That would give it additional government funds to keep it afloat while it restructures. To reach part of its goal, the company is offering incentives which it believes will get 10,000 union members off its payroll. Bloomberg has reported that it may fire another 5,000 white collar workers...
...Harvard caught a break with 8:08 to play, as Yale’s Samantha MacLean was whistled after she tripped up Brine on a breakaway chance...
...Harvard run during the middle of the first half put a quick end to any thoughts of an upset in Providence. The run included eight points from Matera (including two three-pointers) and put the Crimson up 27-12 with 5:35 to play in the half. By the break, the game was all but wrapped up. Harvard had shot over 48 percent from the floor, and Brown had committed 15 turnovers. [Brown] took a lot of chances,” Delaney-Smith said. “They just went for a lot of things and missed...
...week—the time when students visit firms who have expressed interest in them—is now scheduled for the week of September 14, two weeks after the first day of classes. During that period, the school puts classes on hold for a week-long fall break. In addition to the new recruiting schedule, the Law School will also offer prospective employers the option of using the same timeline as in years past. Although most students interviewed said that they were in favor of the new calendar because it would improve job opportunities and allow students to better...
...this matters because of the situation in Sudan. The country's Khartoum-based government suspects the government of South Sudan of rearming ahead of a 2011 referendum in which southerners will decide whether to break away and form a separate nation. Some analysts have suggested that the tanks could be part of a new, more robust southern Sudanese ground force. Conflict between Sudan's north and south in the 1980s and '90s killed more than 2 million people. A peace deal in 2005 ended hostilities but opened the way for an independent South Sudan, a possibility Khartoum is determined...