Word: lightened
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...lighten things up, the Ministry of National Defense said last week that it's recruited pop stars currently in uniform to cut a CD of new military anthems geared to the MTV generation. Love You, Love Me is an ode to the bonding that occurs among soldiers. Let's Go, Let's Go and My Comrades, are long on patriotism ("If we retreat, our country will fall") but sung to a beat 50 Cent would dig. A traditional marching song, Real Men, is sung by rising female singer Jinjoo?the only performer on the recording who isn't a soldier...
...order to lighten proctors’ workloads, 40 percent of Harvard freshmen are currently assigned to non-residential advisers, and proctors say that there are drawbacks to having freshmen receive academic guidance from people who do not live in close proximity to them...
...mean smaller players will soon be engulfed? Place your bets. - By Adam Smith Counting The Hours British workers on average put in 217 hours per year more than the Germans, 220 more than the French and 319 more than the Dutch, but their heavy workload may be about to lighten. Last week the European Parliament voted to scrap a British exemption to E.U. rules that limit the workweek to 48 hours. Employers complained that such restrictions could undermine the British economy's strength. "Here we are with the most successful economy in Europe, we've got the most flexible labor...
Responsibility sharing seems to be the name of the game with many of the other reform proposals. Sub-SAC chairs and assistant treasurers will lighten the currently unbearable load on the UC’s top executives. The redefinition of the role of UC vice president as head of both a new UC standing rules and reform committee and a new UC-student group forum is also a positive step in light of the ad hoc responsibilities VPs have held thus far. Requiring the Harvard Concert Commission to report to the CLC is a step we have called...
...King these days seems to be spreading himself too thin. Along with his two nightly talk shows, he is host of a worldwide call-in program on the Voice of America, writes a weekly column for USA Today and does color commentary for a regional cable sports network. To lighten the load a bit, King has cut his Mutual show from five to four hours a night. That means he can usually get to bed by 4:30 a.m. at the Arlington, Va., condominium he shares with his daughter Chaia, 17. (King has been divorced three times.) The talk-show...