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...factories that met not only their standards for clothing but also their standards for wages. In what Bass, 44, describes as a "long, arduous process," they interviewed employees, audited payrolls and spoke with owners. "Oh, yeah, it was hard," he says. "Because nobody does that. There was an initial disbelief we had to overcome in some of these factories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fair-Trade Fashion | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...first floor of Littauer. Does this make any sense at all?” Goldin said.“There have been countless moments in history of this nation and others when human bodies have blocked bulldozers from coming into buildings,” she added, suggesting that their disbelief might soon motivate professors to action.According to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, it may be premature for economists to start manning the barricades.“I hope that we shall know more by mid-to-late February, about the possibilities” Knowles wrote...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ec Department Wary of Coming Fogg | 2/13/2007 | See Source »

...used every ounce of their energy to try to retain proper journalistic objectivity, and still failed miserably. Muffled cheers and muttered encouragement directed towards the two teams were commonplace among us sportswriters by the end, and I couldn’t help but yell out in pain and disbelief when McDonald ended my school’s chances at reclaiming its spot at the top of Beantown’s hockey hierarchy...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AMOR PERFECT UNION: Women’s Hockey Deserves Its Props | 2/12/2007 | See Source »

...like the Vermont of the European Union. Okay, let’s set that matter aside for a moment. This trailer, from the makers of “Shaun of the Dead,” is so delightful that I’m willing to suspend my disbelief about England having anything more dangerous than hooligans knocking over dustbins in Herefordshire. Unlike most trailers, this one manages to be equal parts LOL-worthy and intriguing. I’m genuinely interested to see what the murder mystery is, even while I grin at the jokes about a fat guy falling...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And the Trailers Keep Coming! | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...time confident that the dog would not succeed. Minutes passed. And then, with a rapidity and ferocity that shocked the onlookers, the dog pounced, caught the squirrel by its bushy tail, and proceeded to tear the helpless rodent to pieces. We gasped, not as much from horror as from disbelief. This was not supposed to happen...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: “No Time for This” | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

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