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...statutes don't work and may even increase the numbers of children who are given away. "These laws are persuading women who wouldn't have abandoned their babies in any form to do so," says Adam Pertman of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. Even some people who favor legal surrender of newborns are uncomfortable with expanding the law's reach to month-old babies. Los Angeles County board supervisor Don Knabe has lobbied Schwarzenegger to leave California's three-day law intact. He says pushing parents to make an early decision ensures that unwanted infants get the care...
Winthrop B11 has experienced an exodus of chilling proportions. Our common room has been virtually abandoned in favor of the stairwell, and not because of cockroaches, leaks, or any of the other endearing quirks that characterize Harvard’s lovely river houses. We’re out there because there’s no wireless internet inside of our suite. My suitemates and I are not alone in the experience of not getting wireless internet in the room. We are, perhaps, unique in the fact that we now live under the router in the hallway. Wireless internet is either...
...important one, so we’re doing everything we can to make sure that we’re getting all the sports in,” Olkkola said. “We’re taking the calendar and making the calendar work in our favor.” According to Director of Athletic Communications Chuck V. Sullivan, a committee is meeting frequently to address changes that will occur as a result of the building renovation. —Staff writer Elaine Chen can be reached at chen23@fas.harvard.edu...
...Each in their own way, The Pride of Baghdad and The 9/11 Report deal with the most serious events in the U.S. at the turn of the millennium. Where one takes a metaphorical, artistic approach the other shuns art in favor of blunt non-fiction. Both are thought-provoking and timely. The 9/11 Report in particular has broken ground by using comix to further popularize a critical document for the public good. Its success will doubtless result in a flurry of OMB and Federal Reserve adaptations. We look forward to them...
...Agency, known as Xinhua, released details last week of new regulations tightening control over distribution of information by foreign wire services. By forcing news agencies such as Reuters, Bloomberg and the Associated Press to distribute content through?and share revenue with?Xinhua, China was effectively rigging the market to favor its domestic news operation, critics charged?a claim bolstered by the publication of a speech in which Xinhua head Tian Congming said financial news was a "new growth engine" for the agency. Xinhua's power grab was also widely condemned overseas as an attempt to control the foreign media: among...