Word: labors
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...overall student fees rose by 4.2 percent. Total costs at private, four-year universities for this academic year rose on average 5.9 percent over last year, according to the College Board, while the inflation rate from February 2007 to February 2008 was 4.0 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
...happy ending to a story,” audience member Amanda L. Shapiro ’08 says. While it’s undoubtedly important to many that their $15 (round trip on the T, plus egregious movie prices) night on the town end with either wedding bells or labor pains, a happy ending isn’t always in the cards. Especially in a debate. But “Hollywoods Pregnant Pause” didn’t have to worry about ending in disagreement, because they were lacking a key part to the argument: the opposition. Harvard Right...
There are some glimmers of hope on the horizon. Charities like Habitat for Humanity are taking advantage of the cheap home prices and labor to fix up abandoned properties for underprivileged families. The strangely upbeat Repo Home Tour bus is about to launch a regular Saturday showing of vacant houses in an effort to get them sold quickly. And the city, lenders and financial counselors are joining forces to help residents prevent foreclosure. In fact, less than a mile away from the peach-colored home, close to 1,000 people recently gathered for the city's first free No Homeowner...
...under almost any circumstances. Ma has tried to counter by appearing more sensitive to issues of Taiwanese identity. He has spent long stretches in the island's south - DPP territory - where he often bypasses hotels to stay in the homes of ordinary folk. At one rally of labor unionists in Taipei, Ma made sure to lead the crowd in cheers of "Taiwan will win!" in both Mandarin, the language of the mainlanders, and the local Taiwanese dialect. "I eat Taiwan rice, drink Taiwan water," he recently proclaimed. "I will die and be buried here as Taiwanese...
Nebuchadnezzar's magnificent city required abundant cheap labor, much of it provided by Jewish captives. In 601 B.C., Jehoiakim, King of Judah, forged an alliance with Egypt, which was embroiled in ongoing skirmishes with Babylon; as retribution, Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem, raiding Solomon's Temple and seizing 10,000 Jews to help build his city. This brutal history would later color the portrayal of Babylon in the Bible. "In Christian culture, Babylon was quite deliberately developed as a broad symbol of the city of sin," says Michael Seymour, a curator of the British Museum's Middle Eastern collection. Indeed...