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...just as the book was to be published, Mary was abruptly laid off by the Museum in a move many saw as punishment for her very active role in a strike of MoMA staff members 18 months earlier. (For a fuller discussion of this story, see here.) Mary's layoff, and the closing of the Still Archive, became a cause celebre, and many film professionals rose to her defense; but the first one was Roger, who wrote an outraged letter to the New York Times the day after she was laid off. It was both a valued act of friendship...
Most critics didn't realize Williams was also fighting depression. In 2003 an alleged gang member gunned down her eldest sister Yetunde in Compton, Calif. Tennis kept her from grieving, but the layoff gave her room to cope. "Being around [Yetunde's] kids every day, it's really kind of"-- long pause--"hard," she says. "No amount of time can let you truly get over that...
...aside his complaints. He further charges that he was improperly contacted by a member of the MIT corporation, and that Brown’s replacement as provost, Reif, was also unfair to Sherley.Brown and Reif refused to comment.Sherley also said in his letter that Reif asked him to provide layoff notices to the members of his lab in November, before the committee had even finished its investigation. MIT claimed that fair procedure was followed.“The ad hoc committee [formed after Sherley’s first complaint] concluded that the process that led to the decision...
...began its spring season a few days after exam period ended at home in the Murr Center with the Harvard Intersession Invitational, while also sending two players to New York City for the Columbia Classic.But if the Crimson felt any fatigue from exams or rust from the long layoff between seasons, it didn’t show. Harvard players took both the singles and doubles titles at the Invitational while battling hard against tough competition at Columbia.“I was very pleased with the start because [playing] after exams is really hard for any Harvard team...
...Parsons (8-17-25) to boot. Stone attempted to downplay the importance of the clash. “It’s one big game in a schedule riddled with big games,” she said.But the prospect of carrying winning momentum into the upcoming 13-day exam layoff and the fervor usually inspired by the sight of Harvard’s nemesis across the rink might say otherwise.After Dartmouth, however, comes the real challenge: tomorrow’s 9 a.m. test. Who exactly was Abdolonymos again?—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez contributed to the reporting...