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...barred for up to seven years from holding jobs in Western Europe. Fearing the effect of cheap labor on already high unemployment - and damage to Germany's Christian heritage - politicians from the conservative opposition claimed that Germany was "not a country of immigration." So it comes as a pleasant surprise that Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is suddenly rethinking that view. Last week he agreed on groundbreaking new legislation to allow large numbers of new workers to move in. "We're going to have a modern immigration law," Schröder said. It's about time. Germany, like most other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Willkommen, Ausländer | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

...line: although my final transcript will contain nearly 40 courses, I will be unable to graduate this June. That’s right. My degree will be sent to me in November. Not only did such misfortune jeopardize my previously formulated summer plans (though admittedly Cambridge weather is quite pleasant during the summer), it also failed to mitigate my academic distress. So, while my fellow classmates routinely indulge in the hedonistic pleasures of senior bar, I have been compelled to languish in Lamont, toiling over courses that have very little relevance to my professional aspirations. You can be sure that...

Author: By Alexandra C. Wood, | Title: Love it/Hate it: Senior Spring | 5/6/2004 | See Source »

...treatment and the founder of Lacuna, agrees to perform the operation on Joel as well. The centerpiece of the movie begins as Joel slowly realizes that, though his final memories of the relationship are tough to handle, he wants to remember at least some of the more pleasant aspects. Jim Carrey is actually quiet for significant pieces of the role: he underplays, giving Joel a quiet dignity that makes the eventual disgrace in losing control over his own mind that much sadder. Exiting Sunshine is looking at the world with new eyes, possibly the highest tribute that can be paid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happenings | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

Generally, Sun recommends thrift store treasures and color as possible means of making small or cheap spaces more unique and pleasant. But what of the aesthetically “aged” undergrad who wants a chandelier and a polar bear rug? For those such as Stephanie J. Sverdrup Stone ’06, who “sees a lot of Louis XVI in [her] future,” Sun suggests estate sales as a way to explore the Harvard Club aesthetic while on a tight budget...

Author: By Emily T. Sabo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stylize Your Life | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

Generally, Sun recommends thrift store treasures and color as possible means of making small or cheap spaces more unique and pleasant. But what of the aesthetically “aged” undergrad who wants a chandelier and a polar bear rug? For those such as Stephanie J. Sverdrup Stone ’06, who “sees a lot of Louis XVI in [her] future,” Sun suggests estate sales as a way to explore the Harvard Club aesthetic while on a tight budget...

Author: By Emily T. Sabo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stylize Your Life | 4/28/2004 | See Source »

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