Word: masses
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When the ax isn't enough, out comes the scalpel. Having laid off tens of thousands of workers, corporations and small businesses are looking for new fat to trim. In September, 2,269 companies had mass layoffs, according to Sirota Survey Intelligence, each affecting 50 or more employees. But many companies are still bleeding cash and desperately searching for novel ways to eke out savings...
...actually won by Bush. To cite the phrase that he himself found so difficult to utter: Fooled us once, shame on them. But the second time around, shame on us. W. should be required viewing in every political-science class in the country. Linda Calcagno Melchione, EASTON, MASS...
...rise from the bottom to the top in one year, something big has to change. That something big was 6’10” super-recruit Andrew Van Nest. Unfortunately for the Crimson, the hopes the big man brought were for naught, as the power forward from Weston, Mass., is done for the year. Last week, the freshman suffered a shoulder injury, which will require season-ending surgery. Due to Ivy League rules, he does not have the option of red-shirting, so Van Nest will only have three years to showcase his skills on the court...
...astounding double-overtime victory over defending champion Columbia, the Crimson is now set to take the next step: compete in the regionals of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Harvard (10-3-4, 5-1-1 Ivy) will play Northeastern (13-8-1) in the first round in Chesnut Hill, Mass. on Friday. The game starts at 7 p.m. The Crimson will be riding an eight-game unbeaten streak into the match. Paced by a tremendous group of goal-scorers atop and a dynamic duo of goaltenders in juniors Lauren Mann and Laura Dale, the team is poised to advance and face...
...Israelis kept mum about their reasons for attacking the site, but the U.S. let it be known that the target was a secret nuclear reactor being built with North Korean assistance - a claim that was widely viewed through the prism of false U.S. claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and the Bush Administration's animus toward Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime over its support for Hizballah and Palestinian radical groups, as well as its failure to curb jihadist insurgents crossing into Iraq...