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...custodial workers’ union, SEIU 615. However, Harvard notified the organization of the cuts in January, and even postponed the layoffs to allow them more time to adapt. Harvard seems to have taken reasonable steps with the union, making the group’s criticisms seem a little hollow...
...that the fact that Chávez’s earlier attempt to end term limits, which was bundled with a group of other minor constitutional changes, failed in a national referendum in late 2007, and a picture emerges of a Venezuelan dictator using a hollow patina of democracy to legitimize his aspirations to hold power for life. Since his victory, Chávez has already revealed his wish to remain in power until 2049, when, at 95, he would be older than his inspiration, Fidel Castro, is today. We’ll see if Venezuela?...
...over, at least for now, the squabbling between Arab capitals continues. Pointing to the 1,300 Palestinians killed and $2 billion worth of damage to homes and infrastructure, Hamas' allies say the camp of Arab moderates has been thoroughly discredited. Calls for peace with Israel have never sounded so hollow, they say. "The settlement process [between Arabs and Israel] is gone," Nawaf Mussawi, Hizballah's chief of international relations, told TIME. "The resistance [against Israel] has become the mecca of everyone in the region." (See pictures of Israel's deadly assault on Gaza...
...Israel’s defenders say the attacks are a legitimate response to Hamas’ rocket-fire, and a clear case of self-defense. Anyone with a political memory longer than three weeks, however, knows how utterly hollow this statement is in light of the months-long blockade of Gaza. Israeli blockades of fuel, electricity, and food supplies from Gaza, which have been in place for well over a year, have drastically affected homes, businesses and hospitals in a region where 90 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, the most devastating effects of which are seen...
...attractive to Harvard students and faculty, that generates taxes and other revenue to support the City of Boston, and that can proudly serve as a model for joint decision-making and collaborative development—is a challenge worthy of Harvard. To shirk from this opportunity, to leave buildings hollow and the planning process insular, would be a failure that you should not accept...