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...vendors, arena staff, employees of sports bars - to lose their jobs, and now the NHL guys are displacing European players and taking their jobs. All for the sake of money. David Collinson Victoria, Canada Importing Knowledge Re your report on the Davos World Economic Forum [Jan. 31]: Those who defend economic globalization against the charge that it makes rich countries poor often refer to the reasoning of economist Jagdish Bhagwati and his colleagues. They maintain that it is not realistic to assume that globalization will take high-end jobs away from rich countries. Supporters of globalization...
...rubber under the jungle gym so that anyone who falls will bounce right back. "The parents are not the bad guys," says Nancy McGill, a teacher in Johnston, Iowa, who learned a lot about handling parents from being one herself. "They're mama grizzly bears. They're going to defend that cub no matter what, and they don't always think rationally. If I can remember that, it defuses the situation. It's not about me. It's not about attacking our system. It's about a parent trying to do the best for their child. That helps keep...
Last year, Draughan abused the Crimson, shooting 60 percent from the floor while racking up 38 points in the series split. Harvard plans to defend him with the same man-to-man that it hopes will stop Forte, but plenty of help will be available should either guard begin to take over the game...
...part, I have my new peers to thank for the change. I’ve never had to defend or even explain myself to any of them. Except for one scary incident when, after going to a movie together, my one-time date told me that he would never “ever” consider marrying someone who did not share his nationality, the issue has never come up. It’s not a taboo subject, but I just don’t find myself thinking about my blackness or, for example, the other person?...
Never one to be a traitor, I try to defend my sex as best I can. But the more complaints I hear, the harder it becomes to ignore them. A Boston Herald reporter working on a story about student reaction to Larry Summers’ unfortunate comments recently asked me what I thought the situation for undergraduate women at Harvard was like, outside the framework of our good President’s position on human nature. I didn’t know how to answer her question...