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...with the west is expected to boost the incomes of people in the accession countries. But before reaching this promised land there will be higher unemployment and a growing gap between rich and poor as inflation hits basics like food and energy. And Europe's core economies may not prove quite the locomotive the new riders had hoped. Existing members are constrained by E.U. rules that curb their powers to lower taxes or run deficits even as growth slumps. And public expectations in the candidate countries are out of whack. "People have in mind the systemic change back...
Last week’s loss to Northeastern was a serious blow to the team’s chances of making the NCAA tournament at-large. As the rankings stand right now, Harvard won’t get another chance to prove itself against a top-10 team. The Crimson’s surest bet to NCAAs remains winning the Ivies, and Harvard will have to top Cornell to realistically keep that hope alive...
...California jury’s decision on Friday that Phillip Morris must pay $28 billion in punitive damages to a lifetime smoker may prove a blessing in disguise for the tobacco giant. Betty Bullock, a 64-year-old with lung cancer who has smoked since age 17, persuaded the jury to punish the company for malicious deception she claims lured her into addiction. They were so disgusted that they set the award a full $8 billion higher than Bullock’s attorney requested, and $25 billion higher than the largest settlement to date...
Financial aid policy changes at Ivy league schools in the past two years prove this point. When, on Jan. 28, 2001, Princeton announced that it was going to change its financial aid policy and replace all its student loans with grant money—lowering the average annual student debt by $5,000—many of the top colleges followed suit to compete with Princeton. By Feb. 21, Harvard had announced a proposed change in its own policy—to give each student an additional $2,000 in need-based grants...
...action but would have to consider the case’s chances for success. Coates said it might be difficult for the professors, rather than the University or students directly impacted by “don’t ask, don’t tell,” to prove they had legal standing to bring suit...