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...FASHION MODEL CAN QUIT WAITRESSING WHEN THE MAGAZINE COVERS AND RUNWAY GIGS ROLL IN, BUT MODELING CAN NEVER BE A FULL-FLEDGED CAREER until the beauty companies call. Polish-born Daria Werbowy recently hit the big time. Her contract with the French cosmetics brand Lancôme, announced last year, is said to be $3 million...
...this year’s Harvard baseball team, a unit loaded with uncertainties but possessing immeasurable potential.The rotation is hampered by the loss of two key, experienced starters from a season ago. Mike Morgalis graduated and Frank Herrmann chose to forego his senior season to sign a professional contract with the Cleveland Indians organization.Herrmann’s early exit, especially, stings the teammates he left behind in Cambridge. “We would have loved to have Frank come back,” sophomore Shawn Haviland says. “I think that if Frank had come back...
...When Cunningham, a former Navy fighter pilot ace in Vietnam, refused to be hospitalized, Dr. Smith "arranged for a patient contract not to act on his [suicidal thoughts] and he brought in a support group of other patients and another ace Navy pilot who had a history of depression and who provided support and monitoring." Cunningham also received medication...
...Homeland Security, facing a procedure that spans an average of 14 years. Because they were not born in the U.S., undocumented immigrants are denied the rights and privileges of U.S. citizens. Immigrants, however, are a part of the U.S. and participate in the country’s social contract. Once here, immigrants constantly interact with American citizens, contribute to the national GDP, and fulfill jobs most Americans do not want but that are nonetheless critical for maintaining our way of life. The labor of undocumented workers has even become crucial in rebuilding areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Most importantly, immigrants...
...contractor is not required to perform perfectly to be entitled to reimbursement." RHONDA JAMES, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman, on the Army's reimbursement to a Halliburton subsidiary of nearly $2.41 billion under a no-bid contract for work in Iraq, despite a Pentagon audit that found $263 million in questionable charges. The Army will pay all but $10.1 million of the contested costs...