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...today, that businesses are scrambling to find workers. "This is the best time in our history," says Sten Tamkivi, Skype's Estonian operations manager. Skype has 250 people in Estonia and reckons that it will have exhausted the local labor market once it gets to 350. Employers are extra nice. "Every evening I'm almost standing at the door and asking everyone as they leave, 'Did you enjoy yourself, and can I expect to see you tomorrow?'" says Teet Jagomagi, not entirely joking. He runs a mapping-software company in Tartu, the second largest city...
...tackle this problem is not to avoid the issue at hand, but to raise money to provide direct funding of students’ book purchases. Some have proposed simply augmenting the expenses section of the financial aid package, and letting low-income students decide what to do with extra money. That is outrageous for an institution whose first priority should be the education of its students. People should not have to choose between books for their classes and the other costs that inevitably arise at school...
...puck,” Stone said. “We cannot pass our problems to someone else, as we call it.” When the final horn sounded, Harvard’s defense had held strong and repelled Quinnipiac, its six power plays, and the minute of extra-skater play in the third period. Sophomore goaltender Brittany Martin made no major mistakes in net and tallied 21 saves en route to her fourth shutout of the season. —Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu...
...When we get opportunities like that,” Chu said of Harvard’s extra-skater chances, “we want to capitalize, especially in a game when you’re not going to get a lot of opportunities to play on the power play...
Forget the new SUV you crave. Don't even consider that cute leather i-Pod case you saw online. And banish the idea of a splurging for a new barbecue grill, buying an extra pair of blue jeans, or even throwing a copy of Real Simple into your cart at the supermarket checkout. Now think: doesn't a little self-denial sound soothing in this post-holiday letdown? If so, you may be ready for the Compact...