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...back of the Quakers in the loss column, the squad is joined by Princeton and Harvard, nipping at Penn’s heels. While it is entirely possible that Penn could be up three games on all three of those teams by Sunday, it will take a more complicated chain of events (specifically Cornell splitting at Brown and Yale, Princeton getting swept by Harvard and Dartmouth, and Penn sweeping the Crimson and Big Green) than last season’s “beat Cornell and it’s all over...
...year ago, at the first Faculty meeting of last spring semester, professors assailed Summers for his suggestion the previous month that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” might be responsible for the dearth of women scientists. That explosive meeting set off a chain of events culminating in a March 15 vote of no confidence in Summers’ leadership—a vote that undermined the president’s ability to lead FAS, if not the University...
...cells matched our living conditions. Drunken police guards would arrive for their shift and immediately announce their intentions to beat us, daring prisoners to misbehave. Using a baton bat, they would strike suspected miscreants on the soles of their feet, behind their elbows and knees and then chain them—not sitting, not standing—against iron bars so that their battered limbs could not relax through the night. This is one form of violence...
...Macy's hopes to, have struggled. Former No. 1 retailer Sears merged with former No. 1 discounter Kmart to try to right two listing ships. Saks, a luxury icon suffering from mismanagement, misfired in its attempt to go down-market and has put its more lowbrow 40-store Parisian chain on the block...
...Private labels like Charter Club and INC already make up about 18% of Federated's sales. Deborah Weinswig, a financial analyst with Citigroup, says shoppers are likely to find more of that kind of merchandise in the months to come. The strategy has worked well for J.C. Penney. That chain, pegged to a slightly lower income demographic than Macy's, goosed its third-quarter profit 17% with lines that are only available at Penney, like Nicole Miller dressy-casual women's wear...