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...record a 9-0 whitewash game. The Crimson’s younger players faced a tougher test but emerged victorious. After winning the first set, freshman No. 4 Emily Park dropped the second set, 7-9, but rallied to win the final two convincingly, 9-3, 9-1, to earn the 3-1 victory. Sophomore Alexandra Zindman dropped a tight third set, 8-10, but won a close-fought fourth set, 9-6, to hold on to win the match at No. 8, 3-1. Harvard’s top flights continued to overwhelm their opponents. No. 2 freshman Nirasha...
...loss is Harvard’s first after a historic first win over a ranked opponent, when they defeated then-No. 17 Boston College, 82-70, on Jan. 7. Harvard then beat Dartmouth in New Hampshire, which helped Lin, Pusar, and freshman Oliver McNally earn Ivy League honors last week...
This is a fundamental misreading of the U.S.-China economic relationship. The Chinese RMB would go up in value relative to the dollar (exactly what some critics seek) if the Chinese did repatriate more of the money they earn via exports instead of reinvesting those dollars back into Treasuries. But the Chinese, despite some scary stories that have circulated to the contrary, show absolutely no sign of doing that. In November, the last month for which data is available, Beijing actually added $29 billion to its overall position in U.S. debt. (Beijing sold $9.2 billion of long-term U.S. Treasuries...
More crucially, perhaps, the 35-hour week's survival owes a lot to other measures the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy has passed as part of its mantra of "work more to earn more." Key to that is a provision introduced in late 2007 that makes overtime more profitable to both companies and employers by waving taxes and social charges. The ironic result: bosses and workers now find they can have their 35-hour cake and eat 25% bonus time too. "Rather than increasing the set week to 37, 39, or 40 hours - and have to raise fixed salaries proportionally...
...said that proctoring allowed them to meet different and interesting people who are not necessarily affiliated with the University. Conneely, calling herself a less-typical proctor, said that she learned about the opportunity through a friend of her mother and decided to take on the job part-time to earn some extra money in this economy...