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...prices, and consumers foot the bill. Cut costs, and companies may be forced to fire the very workers that unions are supposed to protect. The United Auto Workers union, for example, has crippled Detroit automakers with high labor costs. Now, workers are feeling the pain. Chrysler LLC plans to lay off 12,000 workers this year after cutting 13,000 jobs last year. Americans are wary of unions for good reason. After shooing workers into Big Labor’s arms, Obama will shame businesses with the Patriot Employer Act. It offers a one percent tax credit to companies...
...changes that would last the rest of the game. Harvard fans responded to each twist and turn with raucous cheers, none louder than when a no-look pass from junior guard Emily Tay at the three-point line found Hallion alone under the basket. Hallion’s easy lay-in tied the game at 40 with just under eight minutes to play. Cornell responded at every turn, but was without its go-to-weapon down the stretch. As the crowds filtered into Lavietes, game time brought a welcome surprise for the Crimson faithful—the Big Red?...
...chance to not only talk about something very complicated and profound, but also talk about our own personal lives, especially as college students.” Tillakaratne, a History concentrator who is currently training to become a Buddhist minister, said she hopes to be able to navigate between lay individuals and the monastic order in Buddhism. “I really want to connect the East and the West,” she said...
...front early with a 4-1 lead on the way to a 30-23 win. “New Haven is not very talented,” senior Jamie Crooks said. “But being a league match, and our team’s propensity to lay off in an easy game, it was potentially a problem.” Junior captain Brady Weissbourd had 12 kills with an astonishing .750 hitting percentage. Crooks and sophomore Erik Kuld each notched 13 kills and Weintraub tallied 38 assists. The Crimson had no trouble dealing with the change of pace, limiting...
...assumptions of modern life into question by inserting quotations from Gertrude Stein, references to Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” and existentialist sound-bites into the narrative. However, Baxter’s selection of somewhat inaccessible sources interferes with the ability of a lay reader to understand the significance of these allusions. In other passages, Baxter’s authorial voice antagonizes the reader, directly criticizing him for not catching onto the author’s hidden agenda until it was too late. But Baxter’s abrasiveness is unnecessary: even the most oblivious...