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...industry was not dead and could be revived with the help of government investment and eased federal standards for fleet fuel economy. He turned down the social-values music and amped up the optimism. Romney was aided in the gambit by rival John McCain, who was delivering a much grimmer message: the lost jobs were gone forever, and Michiganders needed to think harder about worker retraining. McCain - who had joked in New Hampshire that "the issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book" - seemed to have little feel...
...from freer markets in the future. The problem is that to many French voters this pay-off seems to be getting more remote. Last week news came down that a mere 3,700 jobs were created between April and June - the lowest number since 2005. That shortfall sounded even grimmer against the government's announcement in July that 22,700 civil service jobs will be eliminated next year. The French then learned that second quarter 2007 economic growth was half of what had been expected, causing many economists to openly doubt that official growth forecasts of 2.25% for the year...
...admissions programs, whereby a student applies in November and receives a decision in December, unfairly advantage the already advantaged. The early applicant pool is traditionally admitted at around twice the rate of the regular pool—meaning that Harvard’s already intimidating admissions statistics look even grimmer for regular applicants, with as little as six percent of the regular pool admitted. As a result, applicants with little knowledge of the admissions process and even less guidance with which to navigate it—applicants who also tend to come from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds—face...
...plot moves along, the realities of German life outside the Kit Kat Klub become more apparent, and the second act is accordingly much grimmer. Aspiring politician Ernst Ludwig (Daniel V. Kroop ’10) becomes the face of the growing Nazi party; as he rises, both the relationships that developed in the first act fall apart...
Director Adam G. Zalisk ’07 has brought a show to the Ex that often seems like a cross between a reality TV show and an edgier, grimmer version of the movie “Crash.” Running through Dec. 16, “Autobahn” strives to describe the lives of ordinary people and the ties that bind them together. At the same time, it offers a social commentary on these lives in the issues that each couple face. Although “Autobahn” occasionally lacks sufficient development, it succeeds in presenting...