Word: recess
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...January, I am doing one paper and one take home final. And that is it. Teeheehee,” he said, chuckling. But Braunstein is not a slacker. Instead, he is one of a fairly large number of students who will leave for winter recess with at least one class finished for the semester. For Braunstein, this class is Earth and Planetary Sciences 132, “Introduction to Meteorology.” Other classes that end before the break include Economics 1035, “Policy Applications of Psychology and Economics,” Economics...
...struggle when they resume their season Jan. 7 against Colgate. Even with half the season remaining—the Crimson will play 14 games after the break—the team wants to stay at the top of their game and capture some momentum as they go into their recess. “We’re going to go after each of these games one at a time,” Schroyer said. “This is the last game of our 2005 season, so we’re going to bring that momentum into this last game...
...Saddam is not a lion anymore, so don't be afraid of him." SADDAM HUSSEIN, talking to courtroom guards during a recess at his trial last week...
...night shift will receive an additional 50 cents per hour, and janitors who work for more than six consecutive days will receive time-and-a-half rates beginning on the sixth day. Harvard’s janitors will also receive three to four days of vacation during the winter recess or an equal amount of time off at another point during the year, as well as six to 12 sick days, depending on seniority. The contract also provides for 100 percent short-term disability coverage to custodians who have worked at Harvard for at least seven years, up from...
...Asia to the White House. Still struggling in the polls, Bush has a full week and a Thanksgiving holiday to lower the political temperature before politicians return to the capital. After last week's tumult and partisan drama on Capitol Hill, Bush might be thankful that the lawmakers' November recess has arrived like the clang of the bell mercifully terminating a middle round in a heavyweight slugfest. Instead of irate, uppercutting critics, awaiting him in Washington are a stack of budget bills primped for his pen and a National Turkey urgently seeking presidential pardon. He leaves Tuesday to celebrate...