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...ought to have been apparent to Zelaya that when the pact was inked, only a quarter of the chamber's 128 deputies backed his reinstatement - even his ruling Liberal Party is split on the issue - and the math has barely budged since then. U.S. officials say they hoped that four months after the coup, the congress would be less of an anti-Zelaya hothouse and therefore more amenable to letting him finish the last three months of his term as the democratically elected President. But "restoring Zelaya creates too many domestic political complications," says restoration opponent Adolfo Facusse, a Honduran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...It’s more science kids than English kids,” says John T. Bestoso ’10, who is taking Applied Math 206, Engineering Science 154, Computer Science 141, and History of Science 100 this semester. John, a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) isn’t playing in Betsy and Alessandro’s game, but has played the game before, including on campus. “A couple years back, everyone [who played] was a math major. I don’t know...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Dungeon | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...godsend that these issues have been brought to a bigger public arena,” said True-Frost, whose character taught middle school math...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HBO's 'The Wire' Sparks Discussion | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...have no high school degree, the Army has been spending about $22,000 per recruit in enlistment bonuses ... Even with a high school degree, many potential recruits still fail the Armed Forces Qualification Test (the AFQT) and cannot join. The test is used by the military to determine math and reading skills. About 30 percent of potential recruits with a high school degree take the test and fail it. ... Even when recruits qualify, health problems can cause significant deployment and expense problems later; for example, 20 percent of the Army's reservists arrived at mobilization sites with dental conditions that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Recruiting: The Kids Aren't All Right | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...handful of students said they had wanted to invite their professors but later found out they have already been asked by other students, so they were forced to go with a second choice. It kind of reminded FlyBy of high school prom, except, instead of that cute guy in math class...

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG | Title: Can You Say “Awkward”? First-Year Faculty Dinner for Class of 2013 | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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