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...Second City moved down the street into a bigger venue. While its décor and ethos remained intact, the late '60s and early '70s brought a number of changes. The new generation of comedians - including Belushi and Harold Ramis - was coming in and bringing with it a style of comedy that reflected the radical attitudes of the time. Belushi performed six nights a week, perfecting the physical gonzo style of comedy he would later make famous. (See John Belushi in TIME's top 10 post-SNL careers...
Since 2003, the number of female faculty members at Harvard has grown by 16 percent, while the number of minority faculty members has risen 23 percent, according to a recent report...
...merger now would give U.S.-focused Hershey an international presence to compete with powerhouse rivals such as Mars Inc., which recently merged with Hershey's would-be suitor Wrigley. It would also give Hershey a firmer foothold to compete in the chewing-gum market, since Cadbury owns a number of brands, including Trident, Dentyne and Chiclets...
...funneling the money left over from TARP funds toward businesses’ hiring credits, the government will hopefully bring down the remarkably high unemployment rate. According to Obama’s plan, tax credits will be given to industries that employ a certain number of low-skilled workers who would otherwise likely be fired as a result of the economic downturn. Historically, similar plans to keep workers employed during recessions have worked. The 1977 New Jobs Tax Credit was immediately followed by an 11.2 percent rise in employment—a record for the United States at the time...
...Army's corps of substance-abuse counselors is hundreds short of the number of trained personnel needed. "I have been pounding the system to say we have got to sit down and determine what we need after eight years of war," Chiarelli said. That shortage has made it tougher "to handle what I think is a higher rate of substance abuse today than eight years ago." Why is it higher? "I think it's only natural you're going to see that as soldiers come back [from war], you know, with the dwell time that they have [before returning...