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...worst economic downturn in the U.S. since the Great Depression. But if government spending is able to begin stabilizing the economy sometime in the second half of this year, the scale of the decline in indicators ranging from GDP to employment to consumer spending will be much closer to that of the harsh recessions of 1981-82 and 1974-75 than the nearly complete economic collapse of the 1930s. Will the stimulus work? That's the $770 billion question the new GDP numbers really don't answer...
...wrote the book “All You Have to do Is Listen: Music from the Inside Out.” My entire life’s work has been an attempt to be a translator between something that seems to be lost in translation but is actually much closer than you would believe. The whole idea of that book was to explain to the general public how music works. My inspiration for the book grew out of a show called “What Makes It Great,” in which I had 15 minutes per week...
...English’s departments changes will also bring students closer to faculty outside the classroom. In addition to the current undergraduate advising on requirements, each concentrator will be paired with a professor. “There are broader advising questions that we plan to make a part of this program—guidance in pursuing interests,” said Donoghue...
...intensity with which the spiffily attired investment brokers of the African Banking Corp. stare at their computer screens is misleading. A closer look reveals that they're either fiddling with iTunes or playing solitaire. Still, their boss, Seti Shumba, who moonlights as chairman of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, offers them smiles and pats on the back - he's just glad they showed up to work...
...identities.BIRTHRIGHT: HARVARD EDITIONOf course, Harvard has their own edition of Birthright, known as Harvard Hillel Taglit-Birthright. One aspect of the Harvard Hillel program that distinguishes it from other programs is its partnership with Shorashim, a non-profit organization that strives to bring Israeli and North American Jewish people closer together. Because of this partnership, the Harvard Hillel trip is organized so that Israeli soldiers join the participants for the full 10 days, whereas on most other trips, soldiers are only present for a few days.“Those guys made the trip very fun and provided an insiders?...