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Class of '13, look no further: this is how you can fight the Freshman 15 next fall. Le Whiff, a mini inhaler that sprays the taste of chocolate without actually imparting anything caloric, is now on the market. Developed by Professor David Edwards and some of his students from Engineering Sciences 147, Le Whiff is one product of Harvard research that makes FlyBy think, "What? Cool! Why?" The answers, after the jump...
...city council decides to give Harvard a “mini-stimulus package” in order to reinstate some of the workers who have already been laid off, as some have suggested, this might induce Harvard to scale back some of its layoffs. Harvard is under no obligation to keep employees it does not need, however, and it should accept such a package only if it will not work against the budget cuts Harvard is trying to make...
...Crimson nearly pulled off a big upset in the first game of the mini-series. A couple of bunts led to two Harvard runs in the top of the fifth, handing the Crimson a 3-2 advantage. But the Tigers answered right back with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame to take a 4-3 lead that they would not relinquish...
Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, who sponsored the resolution, said that she would propose another order next week that would give Harvard a “mini-stimulus package”—possibly by reducing Harvard’s payments in lieu of taxes to the City—to help cover the costs of reinstating the laid-off janitors and to force the University to reconsider whether the money saved by the cuts was substantial enough to justify the lost jobs. Regardless of whether Harvard accepts the “stimulus,” Decker said, such...
...press has given the flare-up an ascending series of alarming descriptions: "a dispute that could lead to a trade war"; a "mini-trade war"; and the full, flaming "Obama's first trade war." This month's ban on Mexican truckers operating in U.S. territory quickly led to Mexico's imposing retaliatory tariffs on a wide range of American products. The speed with which the two governments have been willing to sacrifice free trade for a political spat has politicians and business lobbies south of the border increasingly worried about how well the fragile Mexican economy can survive the fracas...