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...when the Israeli leader pays his first visit to the Obama White House, he will seek a pledge that the U.S. will do everything in its power--diplomatically, economically and perhaps militarily--to stop Iran from building nukes. Otherwise, Netanyahu is expected to drop the hint that Israel will take out Iran's nuclear installations by itself, regardless of the shock waves that would send through the world. A poll by Bar-Ilan University showed that 66% of Israelis support a military strike against Iran if all other efforts fail. Netanyahu himself draws parallels between the Holocaust and the specter...
...fewer graders, Wei said the move actually will be “cost-neutral” since each grader will be required to work more hours, leaving the total number of paid hours constant. He estimated that the program will hire about 50 students this upcoming fall, a drop from the 67 students hired at the beginning of last year. Each semester in the course, 10 unit tests are given, with each test cycle lasting eight days. Each test grader is required to work two nights of the test cycle, during which they discuss answers with students and give...
...glimpse of how Harvard Management Company—the group that oversees the University’s multi-billion dollar endowment—is navigating this year’s tumultuous and markedly changed financial landscape. University officials say they have been planning for a total 30 percent drop in the endowment by the end of the current fiscal year.Despite an increase in public equity holdings to almost $772 million by March 31, up from $571 million in the previous quarter, the University has still dramatically reduced its publicly traded equities portfolio, which was valued at almost $2.9 billion...
...Nintendo, which has ruled the market in consoles for two years had a 43% drop in sales of its popular Wii model from March to April, selling only 340,00 units. Sales of Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360 dropped 47% from March. (Read...
...part of the equation. You can't get it in baseball, basketball or football, and yet that's rarely trumpeted in the marketing. Hockey is a graceful but aggressive game that can elevate to and just as quickly retreat from physical hostilities at the drop of a puck. That's exciting to watch because it's passionate. You're watching the opposite of paycheck playing: that's playing with heart. And yet they're all the nicest and most polite/least in-trouble athletes of the sports community. • Heroes! Villains! Costumes! Masks! Fights! It's like a comic book come...