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...nature of laid-off New England retail employees: "Retailers continue to manage inventory levels tightly...Most respondents have invoked hiring freezes and some have already reduced or are considering reducing headcount in the near future. Several contacts have have also frozen wages or eliminated bonuses or retirement contributions, and note that employees have taken the news of these freezes and jobs cuts 'remarkably well...
...shown flashes. I brought them in here to play, and they want to play.” The Crimson also features lefty Ryan Watson and former Ivy League Rookie of the Year Adam Cole, a pair of senior hurlers looking to go out on a positive note after disappointing careers. Both pitchers have been plagued by control issues in their time at Harvard, but seem committed to exorcising their demons in hopes of turning in a redemptive senior campaign. “Every once in a while both those guys will start throwing 55-footers and you?...
...very disorganized,” Tam says. “I write down important appointments on a Post-It note if I remember.” Somehow, he catches about seven hours of a sleep anyway...
...practices a duet for an upcoming concert, she tells the pianist, “I think we need a change of color.” She associates each note with its own color, though she doesn’t literally see them: “E flat major is a nice burgundy. C major is kind of blue-ish,” she says...
...determining a fire's cause: Police bribery aside, the authors note several ways that forensic and medical experts can distinguish fire-related accidents, suicides and homicides: "Autopsy reports often note kerosene smells and prior removal of jewelry, and experiments showed that flames always travel upwards through a victim's garments." Detailed interviews with survivors, kin and the neighbors of the victim can also determine the nature of the fire's cause, as well as "insights into the bottlenecks in health care, such as delays in treatment due to fears of meeting the police, traffic conditions, and inabilities...