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Wheeler’s prompt departure moved investigators to examine his admissions application as a transfer student to Harvard. Wheeler had claimed to be a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover and a freshman transfer student from MIT, producing transcripts from both institutions—neither of which he had attended, according to Verner...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Ex-Harvard Student, Adam Wheeler, Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Fabricating Academic History | 5/18/2010 | See Source »

DiDomenico emphasized a need to take prompt action to sustain small business, seeing them as a prime area for job creation...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe and Julie M Zauzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Meet the Democratic Candidates For the State Senate Seat | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Tran recalls that one of the club’s first initiatives was to prompt Harvard to advertise itself as a “sanctuary university”, modeled after sanctuary cities. There are more than 30 of these cities around the country, which openly publicize practices that refrain from inquiring about immigration status. Act On A Dream reached out to Harvard University Police Department and the admissions office, but faced some resistance. They backed off amidst worries that pushing too hard on HUPD would draw negative attention to undocumented students...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Living in the Shadows | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...with the Biden visit having highlighted differences over Jerusalem, the issue can't be easily fudged. Even if Netanyahu quietly undertakes to refrain from new construction in East Jerusalem, the move would not go unnoticed for long - and would prompt right-wing demonstrations and agitation. The right-wing settler movement is well entrenched in the government bureaucracy responsible for settlement construction, and precedent suggests they would find a way to continue building regardless even of any secret promises to the U.S. by Netanyahu. "Everything in East Jerusalem is under a magnifying glass and involves too many people and politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S.-Israel Spat Over Settlements: Risks for Both Sides | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

Public-health officials and legislators hope that reports like this one, which can put a dollar figure on the pain and suffering caused by foodborne illness, may help prompt change. Late last year, the Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions unanimously approved the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which is currently in front of the Senate. "It's our job to go to war against foodborne illness," says DeLauro. "We can't afford to wait." At $152 billion a year, the meter is running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting a Price Tag on Food Unsafety | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

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