Word: laboral
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...University might do well to take a cue from its peers.Like many venerable American universities, Harvard’s past is tied to slavery: for decades, if not centuries, the University inculcated pro-slavery sentiment and benefitted from funds that were the fruits of the slave trade or slave labor. But unlike many of its peers—such as Brown and Yale—Harvard has never conducted a formal examination of its past. And though the University has no plans to launch such an investigation, many feel the time is right for Harvard to do so, given that...
People were thirsty, and there was not a single drop of water around ... Then ... it started pouring. The rain didn't stop. At 3 o'clock Kuczynsky arrived and the selection started. "1" meant returning home, "1a" meant going to labor, which was even worse than deportation, "2" meant going for further inspection, and "3" meant deportation, in other words, death...
...There is no way to ignore or avoid the fact that this money came from the labor of others,” Manegold said. “It engages the notion of how much America has forgotten about slavery here in the North...
...Thomas W. Ward, who served as Harvard’s Treasurer from 1830 to 1842, supervised American operations for the British merchant bank Baring Brothers and Company, whose cotton and sugar operations profited from slave labor...
...history.Princeton junior Susannah Aboff won the individual crown, but three Harvard players followed her on the leaderboard. Junior Emily Balmert, sophomore Claire Sheldon, and senior captain Jessica Hazlett finished second, third, and fifth, respectively.“It’s really satisfying to see the fruits of your labor, and to have the feeling of being called Ivy League Champions,” coach Kevin Rhoads said. “It’s awesome.”The first day of play could hardly have gone any better for the Crimson.Balmert (68-72-78-218), winner...