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...development organization Internews created to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Long said that a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border and across the bridge between Brownsville and Matamoros last December inspired the crew to create the documentaries. “You get to halfway across the bridge and the smell of the developing world starts,” Long said. “Then you realize exactly how close the United States is and exactly how much we forget that in our national debate.” From May to July, Long...
...crazy. It still hasn’t really sunk in, but I’m very excited,” Pickard said. “It’s definitely such a great feeling to know that so far…we’re only halfway, and we’re already swimming so well.”BIG AL OPENThe Crimson divers faced equally tough competition at the Big Al Open, hosted by Princeton.Sophomore Jenny Reese led the way for Harvard, placing 11th in the 3-meter event and 10th in the 1-meter event. She just missed...
...price of halfway restructurings was steep. In 1985, GM aped Japan's practice of building global cars - the idea was to share chassis and parts across brands, a strategy that made sense at the engineering level. At the consumer level, it was a disaster. Internal clashes for control removed imagination from design, resulting in look-alike Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs. Sales declined; cue another restructuring. The Germans, who have their own auto culture, were no match for Chrysler after they bought the company in 1998. No wonder they gave it back...
...TIGHT SQUEEZE When you're halfway to the target, clench to prep for landing...
...slogan urges us, “Save money. Live better.” What is this motto other than a consumerist reworking of “have your cake and eat it, too”? As long as we seek out goods produced on a shoestring budget halfway around the world—with all the waste and human exploitation that entails—there can be no thought of “living well...