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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...desired five-percent mark, additional strategic spending will only push spending farther from the target. University spokesman John D. Longbrake wrote in an e-mailed statement that the decision to maintain the strategic payout program was made “in recognition of the importance of making continuing progress in directing resources to shared University priorities.” Financial aid at the College, for example, has been a strategic priority in the past. And the amount spent on aid next year is expected to increase by 18 percent, as more families suffer the effects of a weak economy...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard To Keep Payout Program | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...Obviously, we're in the midst of Obama's honeymoon, which makes for a tough environment for Republicans," says Alex Conant, a senior adviser to the Republican National Committee. "But we're making progress toward reclaiming the mantle of fiscal responsibility, which is a first step toward rebuilding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Floundering GOP Looks for a Turnaround | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...between for Somali pirate leaders and the men who captured the Alabama told TIME that the pirates are not sure what to do with Phillips. Somali elders were trying to negotiate his release with the U.S. Navy, but by Saturday evening there was no apparent progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hijacked Ship Back in Port, Its Captain Still a Hostage | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...year. “The global South expects more of the global North than they are willing to give,” added fellow panelist David Blackbourn, director of the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard. In addition, Moomaw stated that one hurdle to significant environmental progress comes from “scientific doubters” who believe that taking immediate steps to address climate change is unnecessary and potentially counterproductive without further knowledge. “But what they don’t understand,” Moomaw said, “is that learning...

Author: By Laura C. Schaffer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Talks Climate Policy | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...violence that included attacks on a police station and the burning of a building. "We're seeing the Indonesian voter demonstrating that it is a rational voter, shunning sectarian issues," says Robin Bush, country representative for the Asia Foundation. "This election was a clear statement that they want progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Moves Toward Center in Elections | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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