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...example, “at Stanford they will teach a fraction of what they teach here,” Rosenblum said...
...overall economy than previously thought. And industrialization is taking a toll: several industries, including steel and automobiles, have been growing so rapidly that they now have problems of overcapacity. Still, with 300 million rural laborers in China eager to join the industrialization push for pay that's a fraction of what Americans or West Europeans earn, the downward pressure on wages and jobs worldwide is likely to continue. Just last week, Ford announced it will lay off up to 30,000 workers and close 14 plants in the U.S. in a huge restructuring to shore up its finances. Such drastic...
...Albert Fournier Amiens, France I am sick and tired of seeing bono in the news posing as a superhero saving the poor. The world is full of organizations and unknown individuals who could achieve considerably more than Bono has in the fight against poverty if they were granted a fraction of the media coverage that self-promoting rock stars get. Ali Alpkaya Ankara Seldom does a written work come along that truly deserves to be in every library and on every bookshelf. Your Persons of the Year issue is one such example and should be recommended to all as essential...
...some companies, the run-up in fuel prices is one more reason to ship jobs offshore. In the U.S. chemical industry, where 100,000 jobs have vanished since 2000, companies are building plants overseas, where natural gas goes for a small fraction of the price it commands in the U.S. Dow Chemical is constructing a $4 billion petrochemical plant in Oman, and CEO Andrew Liveris says the plant would have been built in Freeport, Texas, if not for the price difference. At PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa., CEO Charles Bunch says he may have to close two North Carolina fiber...
...know what really grinds my gears? I have written this whole semester about things that irritate me, yet I have only had enough space to expose a miniscule fraction of the stupid shenanigans that are annoying at best and at worst stink up our campus reputation like the rank vents surrounding the Garage on Mount Auburn Street. Thus I offer this final column of the semester as an airing of the choicest 10 pieces of dirty laundry from the past year that I have yet to cover. Think of this “can’t stand it?...