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...year ago, neither the car companies nor the federal government thought that they would be facing a decision on one or two Chapter 11 filings or how the fall-out from these events would be managed. A year ago, no one expected the GDP to fall as fast as it is falling or that the economy would be losing 600,000 jobs a month...
...Harvard fulfilled half of Taylor’s nightmare when the College instituted a Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies. And, this coming fall, undergraduates here may fulfill the other half by enrolling for a new General Education course to be taught on animal studies. It could, and should, be the first step toward Harvard’s newest academic discipline...
...Taught/Tutor: Spanish A (academic year 05-06), Spanish 155: “Inventing Cultural and Political Myths in Latin America” (spring 06), Spanish 90m: “Inventando Latinoamérica: Neruda, Asturias y Paz” (fall 08), Spanish 65: Bilingual Arts (spring 09), tutor in History and Literature concentration...
...years of war and instability after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 have provided unfettered opportunities for criminal elements, including traffickers, to profit. Nobody knows for certain how many Iraqi women and children have been sold into slavery since then. Some Baghdad-based activists put the figure in the tens of thousands, but there are no official numbers due to the nature of the business and the reluctance of victims or their families to come forward in a society where female virginity is prized and the stigma of compromised chastity can be a permanent social stain...
...pirate-infested waters of the Indian Ocean, but the U.S. military has no such dilemma about how to protect its cargo. As it prepares to ship a lot of firepower halfway across the world, it is taking steps to make sure a specially-designated container ship doesn?t fall into the wrong hands...