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...Massachusetts Senate approved a bill yesterday to authorize Patrick to appoint an interim Senator until a permanent successor can be chosen by special election. In what was seen as an effort to bolster Democratic efforts to pass a health-care reform package, Kennedy requested in the weeks before his death that the state legislature act to amend the law to allow for an interim successor to be put in place immediately after his death...
...Bryant is not the first to “make it,” but one of many. What Harvard sports fans have not seen recently in their NFL-bound peers’ careers is longevity. In 2007, Crimson running back Clifton Dawson ’07, the Ivy League’s all-time leading rusher, entered the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts. Dawson—now a free agent—had 64 carries in his two active years in the NFL, and escorted the football across the sacred goal line and into the Promised Land one glorious...
...flung speculation regarding Patrick’s choice for a successor to Kennedy, who died of brain cancer last month. News of the impending appointment gained widespread attention—especially among some Congressional Democrats—as the move to speedily fill Kennedy’s seat was seen as a concerted effort to ensure the passage of a health-care reform package...
...Force ROTC Captain Joseph P. Adelmann, an instructor in aerospace studies at MIT, said that the increases may be due to the draw of ROTC scholarships and the current state of the job market. “I know in the past few years we’ve seen some increase from what [the numbers] had been previously,” Adelmann said. “Part of that could be due to the economy, could be the job security thing after college, because it’s harder to get jobs these days.” While...
...China undergoes an astonishing demographic shift and more foreigners make their homes in the Middle Kingdom, Lou is by no means the only one being treated differently. Recent decades have seen a surge in the number of mixed-race couples. According to the data offered by Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, from 1994 to 2008, each year there have been about 3,000 more mixed-race marriages in Shanghai. But as the children of that first generation of mixed-race marriages come of age, their moves to gain acceptance in society - like Lou's participation in the TV show - have exposed...