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Even with preferences given to lower-income students, it’s hard to turn down some of the world-class students who apply to Harvard, the admissions dean argues. And whereas other schools with lower yields can afford to admit a larger chunk than they expect to matriculate, Harvard has to narrow things down early, leaving it less room to work with...
...bastion of wealth. But if that is true, then how do other highly selective colleges manage to attract more diverse student bodies? When they do that, do they sacrifice academic excellence? And on the other side of the spectrum, do some schools sacrifice economic diversity by admitting a large chunk of their class early, aiming for higher yields but in effect shutting out the relatively poorer regular pool...
...grim faces of the cashiers, clerks and butchers picketing California supermarkets, you would think we were in a deep economic slump. Golden State grocery workers are on strike for the first time in 25 years, over a plan by Kroger, Safeway and other chains to shift a bigger chunk of the cost of health care to their unionized labor force of some 70,000. Under competitive siege from nonunion superstores like Wal-Mart, whose health packages for hourly workers are stingier, the grocery chains complain that they are paying 50% more on health coverage than they were four years...
...good chunk of these burdens of disease are preventable by good public health,” he said...
...picnics. The season draws to a close in March, with Hooked on Seafood, held in Nelson on March 13, and the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival - celebrating Maori cuisine - scheduled for the same day. On the Wildfoods menu are seagull egg, cricket, mako shark, muttonbird and manuka pork. Not a chunk of flavorless cheddar in sight...