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...country's recent history that went on to win public backing, from abolition of the death penalty to decolonization. But momentum behind the idea of such a tax in Europe has been sluggish in recent years. Instead, European governments have thrown their weight behind the E.U.'s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), which, since 2005, has granted the region?s industries a limited number of permits to emit harmful gases. Companies that pollute less than their allocation can sell their remaining permits to others that are busting their limits...
...experience…which will be valuable down the stretch once divisional play begins.”Harvard knows that this experience may come at a price, as powerhouse teams at the invitational could deal disheartening blows to the emerging squad. But with a new offensive scheme and a strong pair of goalies, Harvard could be successful if the team channels the emotion of its rivalries into disciplined competition.“[Our opponents] are all strong teams, but there are definitely some teams we can beat,” Farrar said. “Whoever makes the fewest mistakes...
...system allows them to shed requirements that they would otherwise be required to fulfill if they stayed in the Core. Fathima F. Jahufar ’11, a Molecular and Cellular Biology concentrator, went from six required classes under the Core to three required classes under the Gen Ed scheme. “I’ve only taken one Core class,” she said. “I’m just really happy [Gen Ed] exists.” Although she did not yet have concrete data, Kenen suggested that many junior and seniors...
...always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals," FDR said in 1937, in the midst of the Great Depression. "We know now that it is bad economics." We learned this all over again after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the shame of subprime mortgages and the brazen Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff. But even amid the Great Recession of 2009, people have been trading in their SUVs for Priuses, buying record amounts of fair-trade coffee and investing in socially responsible funds at higher rates than ever before. What we are discovering now, in the most uncertain economy since...
...aged 40 on average. About 33% are salaried employees starting up a sideline business, 25% are unemployed and 6% are retirees. Later this year, the program will take private enterprise to the public sector by opening auto-entrepreneur to civil servants. If it continues at its current pace, the scheme will prove that France not only has a word for entrepreneur, but also a growing army of people who fit that description...