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...only have Haddock’s accomplishments had minimal immediate impact on students, Haddock himself has been a strangely aloof figure. At no point this year have I seen John Haddock in my House dining hall, asking for students’ opinions on pressing issues. I didn’t see him leading cheers at the Harvard-Yale tailgate. I haven’t even received e-mails from him, explaining how his vision is coming to fruition...

Author: By Nikhil G. Mathews | Title: Who is John Haddock? | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...lead Smithfield union organizer for the United Food Commercial Workers Union. "So, people said, 'This is it.'" The union says it did not organize the job walkoff last month, which brought the plant - which slaughters more than 30,000 hogs a day - to a standstill. Pittman downplayed the impact the walkout had on the plant saying it reduced their productively by about 25%. And while the workers have won a stay, the company says it is only temporary unless they can fix their Social Security number problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Illegal Workers Be Unionized? | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...thus far. The Gates Foundation has already given millions to fund global health research in Harvard’s labs. Harvard’s vice provost for research policy, John P. Huchra, said that the announcement “will have no particularly major or minor positive or negative impact on what Harvard does, since we’re essentially interested in all the kinds of work that they want to get done.” David A. Edwards, a biomedical engineering professor in Harvard’s Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, received a $7.6 million grant from...

Author: By Nicholas Moy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Foundation Set To Spend Assets | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...meantime, Hadfield said, “students need to keep pressure on the administration to reduce Harvard’s environmental impact...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Vote on Greener Harvard | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...Hunt, who managed ranches in California and saw the impact of windmills there, said his concerns go beyond aesthetic and environmental issues. Like other critics, he views wind-energy projects as a financial scheme that allows energy companies to set up "shell companies" that reap large tax abatement benefits from local, state and federal laws and apply those benefits to the parent company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Windmill Turbines: Not at Home on the Range | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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