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...rebels have said they intend to stay in their positions in the hills, which the government has said is unacceptable. Trajkovski remains cautious because an offensive is a high-risk strategy. The situation could quickly deteriorate either if his own forces suffer losses, or if there are civilian casualties. So he postponed taking action, hoping that he won't have to. But with no sign of retreat by the rebels - there were even reports of skirmishes last night - Trajkovski faces a serious dilemma. Risky or not, he will have to do something in the next several days...
...hiring momentum has been so great that most seniors continue to find work. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers intend to hire 18.8% more new grads this year than they did in 2000, down from the 23.4% increase they had projected earlier this year. "Graduates are still getting good offers, and salaries are holding," says Richard Equinoa, director of career services at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. "But let's talk in six months...
University officials have already said that they intend to establish a new committee, nicknamed “Mills Plus” after the committee that met last year headed by Professor of Business Administration D. Quinn Mills, to reopen talks on the issue of a living wage. A decision to work with the committee would be the best possible resolution for the sit-in: it is unrealistic to think that the University would ever commit to a living wage as a simple act of goodwill, and some means of revisiting the Mills report would provide the University with the necessary...
...babies have the potential to learn any language with equal ease, but by six months, they have begun to focus on the one tongue they hear spoken most frequently. Parents can take advantage of this brain plasticity by introducing a second or even third language, but only if they intend to speak them all with equal frequency until the child is fluent. Merely buying the occasional bilingual toy or videotape will teach kids little, and it certainly will not make it easier for children to learn for real when they get to school...
...actively involved in that business in mining and transporting and processing the coal. So it does have important considerations there, but you know you wouldn't look at it purely in political terms. I think good politics is a sound energy policy, and that's what we intend to have...