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Until June, the local Opel plant was enjoying a record year as Germany's economy hummed healthily along. In April, the company turned up the speed on its assembly lines to churn out even more cars. Instead of shutting as usual for three weeks during the summer, Opel closed the plant for just two and hired temps to supplement its full-time workforce...
...right, though; Gramps isn’t pulling it off. No use being a wolf in a temperamental and frustrated old man’s clothing. Horseshit doesn’t work without a healthy dose of charm.” “For the record, I feel compassionate; that oughta count for something. Anyway, consider our bluff called. Even the old drones are turning tail: Brooksy, Lil’ Kristol, Chris Buckley and Newt Gingrich are so busy renouncing McBane on Fox News that our folks can’t get any airtime. Dick, you got any plans...
...education. In 2001, Massachusetts Institute of Technology started to make course information available online. MIT OpenCourseWare (www.ocw.mit.edu) now contains over 1,800 courses, open to all, denying only the promise of a diploma. The program became almost an instant success. OCW averages one million visits each month, hitting a record high of two million hits a month in 2007. Almost half of the site’s visitors in 2005 were self-learners, according to a report completed...
...When you perform in situations you’ve got to step up and do your job when you are asked to.” And Harms has done exactly that. He has helped the Crimson post two shutouts this season, propelling Harvard to a 2-0 Ivy League record. And his accomplishments haven’t gone unnoticed. “He’s really stepped up,” co-captain Luke Sager said. “Coach gave him an opportunity [to play], which is rare for a freshman goalkeeper, and I think he played great...
...Malcolm is one of those people who’s involved in everything,” says Thomas G. Everett, the Harvard director of jazz bands. “He’s like a musical sponge.” Campbell plays in multiple music ensembles, including Kuumba, has recorded for the student-run record label Veritas Records, and works in a physics...