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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...unemployed, this could be a boon for earlier reemployment. If a company could use new people for expansion but cannot afford them, having 50% of their first year's salary paid by the federal government gives it the opportunity to grow.. This proposal would allow firms which have let people go to save money, even at the peril of the viability of their businesses, the chance to bring them back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creating Jobs Trumps Building Bridges | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...Today's start of the feisty Chicago native's state senate trial, which will determine whether he is thrown out of office, is therefore a historic occasion. And like any media-savvy politician, Blagojevich isn't about to let history pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blagojevich Circus Comes to the State Senate | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...place. You really can't blame the guy - conditions were awesome! Vail and the rest of Colorado got absolutely hammered with snow in December. And if you've ever been in the back bowls at Vail in a foot of fresh powder, you can understand Thain's thinking: Let's see, I can ski in perfect conditions in one of the most beautiful places in America or I can stay in New York City and face all the nastiness that's going to happen whether I'm there or not. Thain got on the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deeper Truth About Thain's Ouster from BofA | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...Though Harvard was coming off a 13-day break for finals, Amaker refused to let the break become an excuse...

Author: By Lucas A. Paul, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WEB UPDATE: Harvard Disappointed in Overtime Loss | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...stop the weapons flow into Gaza. But Gazans are worried that if the tunnels are closed, that could cut off the few threads of commerce and supplies leading into Gaza. "If Israel keeps the borders sealed off, we'll keep digging, and only Allah can stop us. Let the Israelis drop their bombs. Without the tunnels, we can't survive anyway," says Aymad. "And if a bomb catches me underground, well, they won't have to dig my grave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Truce Teeters, Gaza's Tunnelers Dig Undeterred | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

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