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...slumps into a recession. In China, "risks to growth also inevitably mean risks to [social] stability," says Patrick Horgan, China managing director for Washington, D.C.-based consultants APCO Worldwide. "On a big scale like this, it's no longer just about the weather but about the ability of the government to govern." And if you had to pick one area of the economy that scares the authorities in China the most it would have to be inflation, which hits citizens where it hurts most - in the wallet. The country's consumer price index hit an 11-year high...
...something like, "Bill's a fighter, and he got a little too feisty these past few weeks. He knows that, and he's decided to return to his charitable work for the duration of the campaign. I will continue to run as I will govern...
...something like, "Bill's a fighter, and he got a little too feisty these past few weeks. He knows that, and he's decided to return to his charitable work for the duration of the campaign. I will continue to run as I will govern...
...mayor of Cambridge is selected by the city council from among its members. Simmons’ election on Tuesday also gave her an automatic seat as chair of the School Committee, where she served from 1992 to 2001. Last October, Cambridge voters elected an all-white committee to govern the city’s school district, where minorities make up 64 percent of the student population. Committee member Patricia M. Nolan ’80 said she had worried that the composition of the committee could alienate some families. “Having Denise on the board as chair will...
...indispensable tool for monitoring, and thereby preventing, any potential abuse of police powers. Nevertheless, campus police departments across the country—including HUPD—have argued that they, as subsidiaries of private entities, should not be bound by the same freedom of information standards that govern so-called “public” police departments. Accordingly, HUPD publicly releases only general statistics and sanitized event logs rather than original police reports—reports that would be unhesitatingly released by any other governmental police department.In 2003, The Crimson sued HUPD on this point, arguing that because HUPD...