Word: exoduses
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...throughout the novel—family portraits include men wearing velvet suits and jheri curls—but the work fails to address the root of the era’s ubiquitous despair. Joon is constantly surrounded by a group of young runaways, yet the impetus for this youth exodus is never explored. The noise of traffic drifting from city-sanctioned highways provides an urban soundtrack, and elevated train cars reveal burned buildings through their grease-stained windows, but these images are subordinated to mere setting. “Miles from Nowhere” is a book of abrupt stops...
...exodus of Harvard faculty to the Obama administration garners national attention, some students at the Harvard Kennedy School are lamenting the negative effects the appointments have had on their academic experience. The departure of four prominent Kennedy School professors—John P. Holdren, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence H. Summers, and Samantha Power—resulted in the cancellation of three spring term classes. The trimming of the course list has disappointed many students, according to student government President Benjamin M. Polk, who said that some students are now being forced to take their third and fourth-choice classes. Polk...
...shortfall of approximately $1.65 billion this year and up to $3 billion next year. In Montana, which earned big bucks last year from its natural resources, education is funded primarily through property taxes, and many fear that the closing of mines and aluminum plants could trigger a mass exodus and redistribute the tax base. "It doesn't look good," says Eric Feaver, who heads the MEA-MFT, a union of teachers and state employees. "People around here are starting to ask themselves what will happen if people leave...
...Following the group’s initial protests, Harvard sharply reduced payments to its chief investors to less than a quarter of their 2003 levels, and the scrutiny over salaries played a part in prompting an exodus of money managers that included HMC’s long-time CEO Jack R. Meyer...
...vote is good news for local business leaders who have joined the Fairgrade effort, warning that families worried about their kids getting into good colleges may move out of the county if the school district doesn't change its grading system. Talk of a possible exodus killing off businesses and destroying property values sounds a tad melodramatic, but given the tanking market and ongoing credit crunch, it's no wonder people are trying to do everything they can to shore up the local economy. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...