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...increases for its janitors and guards. (The University is still negotiating the details of a pay raise for its dining service employees.) Negotiations for the wage increases were based upon recommendations set forth by the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies, which was established as part of the settlement ending...
...best known for his field work in the Brvu valley in Peru, which culminated in his 1953 article “Settlement Pattern Survey,” in which he proposed and explicated the method of tracing human occupation of regions by studying their effects on the landscape...
...threat of financial ruin is one reason Boston last month pulled back from a proposed settlement that would have given as much as $30 million to 86 victims of convicted child molester Father John Geoghan. Boston and other defendants are now taking a harder line against plaintiffs, interviewing their ex-wives, detailing their history of drug abuse or money troubles. "We act like any other defendant in any other civil litigation," says David Smith, chief financial officer of the Boston archdiocese. "If counsel for the diocese didn't explore every possible avenue, they'd be negligent...
KANDAHAR Pashtun GUL AGHA SHERZAI commands a small fiefdom in the south. With 1,500 men, he controls trade with Pakistan through the border settlement Spin Boldak. Sherzai is a U.S. ally, but he maintains ties with nearby tribes, some of which are pro-Taliban...
...home in Pinole, Calif., she continues to be involved in community issues, in particular education and housing for the poor. She recently lobbied for tobacco settlement money to fund a family health program and visits a nearby juvenile detention center monthly to reach out to young people...