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...Peter Harckham, a legislator from New York's Westchester County, said that money from the stimulus bill, while helpful, would leave his county about $1 billion short of its target budget for upgrading local water and sewage systems. The Vice President responded that the stimulus package was not meant to shift the burdens of local governments to the federal budget. Once the stimulus money is gone, Biden said, Westchester will...
...something when your ears are open, not when your mouth is open.” One Law School graduate said he was somewhat underwhelmed by the former dean’s remarks, as even she acknowledged that being the final speaker at yesterday’s class day ceremony meant repeating the sentiments of earlier speakers. “I was expecting something more original, especially coming from her,” said Olivier J. Metzger, a master of laws candidate. But many graduates said they were happy to see Kagan take part in the ceremonies marking their last days...
Richard E. Neustadt, the founding director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics, was fond of saying that the power of the Presidency is the power of persuasion.Of course, the late White House adviser meant the U.S. Presidency, but without the trappings of the American executive branch, a standing army, or a multi-billion dollar budget, leadership on the Undergraduate Council perhaps offers at least an equally compelling proof of Neustadt’s thesis.Persuasiveness was a trait clearly prized by last year’s UC leader Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, a habitual social networker...
...University scaled back on printed materials, the College’s Q Guide for course evaluations cut its student staff in April—a measure that meant the loss of 16 jobs, according to former systems analyst Douglas R. Lloyd...
...reality of the “seismic” crisis meant, at first, a 15 percent budget cut for the Houses. We all worked at it. Then it was a 25 percent cut. House masters feared that next 10 percent would shake the foundations of the House system. What would go? Senior Common Rooms? Faculty-student dinners? House library hours? Modest stipends for fellowships tutors? Arts internships? Masters open houses? Junior parents weekends? Facebooks? Hot breakfasts? Then, when it was suggested that House administrative staff be reduced, we felt the cuts had hit bone. For decades, the Houses have operated...