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...will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation,” according to the USCIS website. An H1-B holder can remain in the country for six years. But the number of such visas issued annually is currently capped at 65,000. Harvard students who fail to obtain an H-1B visa can still work in the U.S. for up to 12 months under a program called Optional Practical Training (OPT). But students staying in the U.S. under that program can only seek jobs connected to their field of study.That’s not the only drawback...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Diploma in Hand, But Visa in Limbo | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

...course types be considered for general education credit than are currently allowed to count for Core credit. For example, the report says that students should be allowed to fulfill one of their general education requirements through a Freshmen Seminar, despite the fact that the seminars are graded pass-fail...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: REPORT RECASTS THE CORE | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...constant most businesses can count on is churn. "If you know something to be true, it's already history," Williams says. A recent McKinsey & Company online survey and study found most executives are unhappy with their company's strategic planning. But it also found that corporate strategies often fail because managers are loath to admit they were wrong and make midcourse changes. Prediction software, Williams argues, makes it easier for executives to "accept uncertainty and move on." It also helps companies practice "strategic agility," a popular management theory endorsed by Donald Sull, a management expert at the London Business School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rapid Response | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...eliminate al-Qaeda once and for all? No! Could he even do a little successful nation-building in an infrastructure-poor terrorism-connected country to which he had committed U.S. troops? No! He alone could do none of these things, not even one! That any president could fail at these critical missions and still claim success in the War on Terror is hypocritical almost to the point of comedy. Clinton could use a few pointers from our current administration before he sullies television news with another of his ignorant rants. At the very least, he should take his dishonest and?...

Author: By Paul R. Katz, | Title: Clinton’s Shame | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

...instead of $4. The managers are also working with the Quincy HoCo to install a speaker system and plan “to have a nice, new laminated menu,” said Conlee. Though the menu may look different, it will still offer the same fail-safe favorites, such as chicken fingers, hamburgers, and the Grille’s famous oversize, fresh baked cookies. “It’s a cookie the size of a plate...and it’s warm and gooey,” said Stephanie T. Chevalier...

Author: By Nina L. Vizcarrondo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quincyites To Get Up in Their Grille | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

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