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Kirwan said that FAS will use some of its financial reserves to cushion the persistent effects of last year’s economic downturn. In June 2009, the University announced that FAS eliminated 77 staff positions and reduced work hours for another 15 employees, and 156 FAS staffers took the early retirement package...
...economies, going to college is actually a disadvantageous thing to do. But because we value a university education so much in America, it is a premium. The more prestigious the school and the more degrees one racks up, the higher the probability that they are going to land that cushion job that they worked so hard...
Sophomore Devan Kennifer, who had a season-high six tallies, gave the Crimson a 13-11 cushion as the final minutes ticked down, and even with a Bucknell goal, the squad managed to hold on for a tight 13-12 win. Sophomore goalkeeper Laurel McCarthy made seven saves to seal Harvard’s come-from-behind victory...
...turn up their nose at the only realistic alternative that does not entirely sacrifice Greek sovereignty or reach beyond the limited powers granted the EU. Giving Greece this slap on the wrist for its economic mismanagement would also encourage other troubled eurozone economies that may be counting on the cushion of Franco-German bailout to finally institute meaningful fiscal and economic reforms of their...
...cross-country race, a 14-sec. lead is a comfortable cushion. Yet Demong's push against Austria's Mario Stecher set up, for this observer's money, the most memorable finish of the Vancouver Olympics to date. It made you seriously wonder why this sport doesn't garner more attention in the U.S. as well as admire Europe's good taste in obsessing over an event that Americans foolishly offer a big fat yawn. After all, what's more engrossing than a good old-fashioned race to the finish...