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...gone from working for the state to owning his own cab, a pioneer in privatization. He has seen his taxi meter rendered obsolete by the base law of supply and demand that allows drivers to name their price for every trip. Once fearful of foreigners, he has learned to seek them out, knowing, like all cabbies, that most foreigners will pay more. Through it all, he has listened. "Some talk about politics or the economic crisis," Artyom says. "Others get intimate. Sometimes I get yelled at. And sometimes, more often now, passengers can be dangerous...
...delay in considering the complaint, it seemed inconsiderate to take up such an issue during Reading and Examination periods. The committee appointed--professor John Dowling, Professor Anne Harrington, and I--will seek to find a constructive resolution to the issues raised. Archie C. Epps III, Dean of Students
...rose more than 9% in December, continued job woes could choke off recovery. Speaking last Tuesday, Labor Secretary Robert Reich said the Administration now favors spending about $20 billion this year to keep the | recovery rolling. And to assist the growing army of laid-off workers, the Administration may seek to extend the period for collecting unemployment benefits, which now run out after 59 weeks...
Kalkanis, the current vice chair and a former candidate for chair, said enthusiastic supporters convinced him to seek the position...
Bysshe (Christopher Shea) and Byron (Jonathan Rigby) meet for the first time in the summer of 1816. Emigres to Switzerland, they seek an escape from "the turgid cesspool" of England. Still a young idealist, Bysshe is slightly in awe of the older, cynical Lord Byron, already world-weary at the age of 28. Bysshe believes he can transform the world with words. But his growing disillusionment with this possibility torments...