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...slowdown will result in a halt in procurement of materials for future construction phases, as well as a possible reduction in the number of workers on-site towards the end of the year, according to University spokeswoman Lauren M. Marshall...
...United Kingdom. According to Reid, the lack of agreement has been frustrating for internship coordination. “They’ve been saying that they are in negotiation for three months,” Reid said. In addition to problems with work permits, CES also eliminated a number of U.K. internships due to the economic downturn. Reid said that some employers were unable to sponsor summer interns this year. Though visa negotiations began before the financial crisis, Robin E. Mount, the Director of the Office of Career Services, said that talks may have been elongated by the dire financial...
...projected expansion in financial aid is a response to both a five percent increase in the number of financial aid applicants in the class of 2013 and the likely greater need of current Harvard students affected by the economic downturn, said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. This year, 78 percent of applicants to the class of 2013 applied for financial...
...While the USCCB's literature about FOCA has been generally accurate, the chain e-mail has disseminated a number of false claims, including warnings that the proposal would force Catholic hospitals to shut down and lead to at least 100,000 more abortions each year. Some versions of the e-mail even claimed that FOCA could "result in a future amendment that would force women by law to have abortions in certain situations - and even regulate how many children women are allowed to have...
...will France's return actually mean much for NATO and its members? Is France likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan? Not really, and no. French activity in NATO has grown broader and deeper over the past few years already. France participated in a growing number of alliance-led missions including Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Those operations erased most of the significant divisions created by de Gaulle's partial withdrawal in 1966, and rendered France's special status largely symbolic. (See pictures of Kosovo...