Word: recession
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...high school, Lurie organized rebellious dodgeball games that flouted school rules; he proudly shares that his best friend from high school is starting a tetherball group at Tufts, and other recess clubs may be starting up at the University of Vermont, MIT and Amherst...
...council’s vote came after a two-hour recess of their regular council meeting, as Riverside residents met behind closed doors with councillors to discuss the agreement while Harvard officials huddled in the hallway...
...financial adviser in Minneapolis, Minn., runs forward, kicking the ball into the outfield where an adept fielder snags it. But the throw is too late to prevent base runner Anthony Aderhold, 26, an engineer, from crossing home plate and lifting his team, the Ball Whackers, to victory. Yes, the recess game of everyone's childhood is piquing the interest of adults. The World Adult Kickball Association has more than 300 teams in 10 cities catering to more than 10,000 players. And the Midwest Unconventional Sports Association has 230 teams with about 3,700 players in five cities. For those...
Meanwhile, Wendy Kopp has 3,200 TFA members recruited so far who will not be receiving scholarship money this year. More broadly, AmeriCorps itself faces a reduction from approximately 55,000 to 35,000 members. Just before the summer recess, the Senate passed a $100 million appropriation to restore these cuts, but House majority leader Tom DeLay--who has made no secret of his desire to kill AmeriCorps--blocked the money. The President says he wants these funds restored, but he doesn't seem to have much control over the powerful DeLay. Even if Bush means what he says, Teach...
...granting more migrants safe passage, advocates say, the reforms would reduce demand for the coyote Mafias, help stanch the tide of migrant deaths and allow U.S. authorities to spend more time securing the border against potential terrorists. The bill's backers are using Congress's August recess to lobby the White House hard to sign on to the proposed legislation. "If we create a legal mechanism for people who just want to come work and then go home," says Arizona Representative Jeff Flake, "we can focus our border interdiction on people who do want to do us real harm...