Word: quarters
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...Some solutions to this crisis are obvious. President Barack Obama has publicly announced that he will adopt a shelter dog to be the First Pet—a noble example that will hopefully inspire others. Spaying and neutering have caught on across the country, though a quarter of dogs still slip outside the programs. Tighter regulations on puppy mills and animal laboratories would be a good first step to stopping needless suffering...
...daily newspapers in Philadelphia have also filed for Chapter 11. There have been rumors, almost certainly untrue, that The New York Times (NYT) will run low on funds to pay its debt. In the case of The Times it has valuable assets to sell, but its situation deteriorates each quarter. By most estimates, its second largest property, The Boston Globe, loses $1 million a week...
...Indeed, one of the most perverse consequences of an obsession with service is the wedge it drives between the servers and the served. In one particularly obtuse plan, the Obama administration intends to ensure that at least a quarter of federal work-study funds will support public service programs, “instead of jobs in dining halls and libraries.” That way, low-paid immigrants can take the dining-hall jobs from which the enlightened students have been liberated, and then the students can be paid to write policy papers and hold up posters in solidarity...
...scoring spree at 11:09, finding the net with an assist from senior co-captain Max Motschwiller. The freshman attackman wasted no time before notching another Harvard goal, scoring again at 10:41 from senior Nick Sapia.Junior Travis Burr finished the Crimson’s second quarter run, adding another tally from Sapia at 5:39.“We came out with some really good energy,” said senior co-captain Nick Smith. “It was great that we were able to hold Duke to one in the first half and that really frustrated them...
...critical in the first half, contributing six to a 15-point stretch that distanced Harvard from the Quakers. Her major point contribution came in the second half when she stepped up again to stave off Penn. Markley made two shots late in the fourth quarter that denied the Quakers any possibility for a comeback...