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...skepticism” that made him an effective investigative journalist. “He didn’t give a rat’s ass about the reaction that powerful people had about [what he reported]. In fact, he was glad if they were mad about it,” Woodward said...
...first president to provide federal funding for this type of research. I can’t help but suspect, however, that the pool of contenders for the title is relatively small. I’m sure Taft or Lincoln would have enjoyed that kind of street cred and mad props, but when it came to the scientific induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts, I guess they just couldn’t tear themselves away from getting stuck in bathtubs and freeing slaves (respectively) to log enough hours in the lab or scrape together the bread for clonogenic...
...because Harvard Square stores rely on students and tourists to generate profit, the Thanksgiving holiday left some stores empty. “Sales were dead Friday,” said DOMA Liquors store manager Arjun Kunwar. “Once the classes start again, it’ll be mad busy. Students will buy a lot of liquor.” According to the estimate by ShopperTrak, a sales research company, Friday’s nationwide sales rose 8.3 percent over last year. Nationwide store visits increased 4.8 percent, but overall spending decreased, according to the National Retail Federation...
...budget is dispersed as direct aid to farmers, most of that goes to the largest farmers. Another large chunk goes toward other CAP schemes such as export refunds to large companies, storage outlays and payments to slaughterhouses to offset costs of measures to eradicate BSE, or Mad Cow Disease...
...might think this would make union leaders at Lego hopping mad. You'd be wrong. "We thought it was the best way to keep as many workers' places in Denmark as possible," maintenance man and union shop steward Poul Erik Pedersen tells me. "We aren't against the management. We want to make sure that they make money and we make money." Then, unprompted, he takes the argument a step further: "There are some good things about outsourcing. Where the jobs go, the standard of living is growing, and then they can afford to buy more Legos or other things...