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Asking departments to limit their searches for new faculty also helps send a message that budget issues are serious and likely to persist. This will hopefully help departments internalize the need to collectively tighten the belt and not expect to adhere to prior spending levels...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Inspiring Freeze | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...even before the 2004 decision, Harvard graduate teaching assistants were lukewarm toward unionization, an attitude that may persist even if the decision is reversed...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teaching Fellows May Look to Unionize | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...Despite their failure to prevent the prime minister and his cabinet from meeting, PAD members said they would persist in their campaign to bring down the democratically elected government and prevent Thaksin's potential return. "We can't give into the devil," said Vimla Sarapai, a 58-year-old PAD supporter as she joined the demonstration at Bangkok's international airport. "We need change in Thailand. We need an Obama for Thailand," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thai Protestors Close Second Airport In Standoff | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...throwing parties. On the whole, the College must commit to making Harvard an intellectually and socially stimulating campus. The SLAO is working to address some of the issues surrounding parties, and, if we reach out to students and resident deans early, I hope that current issues will not persist through April Visiting Weekend for pre-frosh. With the creative minds on this campus, we can certainly work together to make Harvard a fun campus for everyone. That’s something we can all raise a glass to. Timothy D. Turner ’09, president of the Harvard Black...

Author: By Timothy D. Turner | Title: Bringing Parties Back | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...fast food items from McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King and proved what many Americans may already suspect: On a chemical level, the vast majority of fast food meat derives from a single source: corn. She did this by following the vegetable's unique chemical markers that persist even after it's been processed and mixed with other ingredients or eaten as cattle feed. (Corn is heavily used in feedlots to fatten cows up before slaughter.) Fast food critics say a single-source, corn-based diet is unsustainable, because the commodity is is heavily subsidized by the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Food's Secret Ingredient: Corn | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

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