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...Board against a student’s will.Beyond the mere act of protest, however, the SFJB takes concrete steps toward the transparency and student advocacy we would like to see the Ad Board emulate. First off, the Board permits students to opt for open hearings—a sharp contrast from the Ad Board’s closed proceedings. While the SFJB may vote such a request down by a two-thirds majority vote, even allowing students the option of public hearings provides a healthy counter to the perception of opacity that plagues the current Ad Board. Moreover, the SFJB...
...environmental groups to halt all bluefin-fishing for nine months of the year and to crack down hard on violators. But European officials persuaded them to adopt instead a reduced quota of 22,000 tons in 2009 and 19,950 tons in 2011. That certainly represents a sharp drop from last year's estimated global sales of 61,000 tons of bluefin tuna - and even from this year's official quota of about 29,000 tons - but it's still far above the 15,000 tons that marine scientists advise is the limit that can be fished without the species...
...there will be plenty of pain. Kroeber and others predict a rough next few months. They also concede that a sharp decline in exports will hit China hard, possibly cutting 2.5 percentage points off growth in 2009. There's also the strong likelihood that tens of millions of dollars will disappear into China's bridges to nowhere - or into the pockets of corrupt local officials. Still, if any government can drive change by diktat, it's the Chinese Communist Party. Doomsayer Roubini writes: "The government cannot force corporations to spend or banks to lend." In fact, Beijing can do exactly...
...with a lowly 28 percent field goal percentage in the first period.The Crusaders were also pressured by their counterparts in the first half as aggressiveness from both teams dominated the game-play. Harvard forced even more turnovers than Holy Cross in the first period, but because the Crusaders were sharp-shooting nearly half of their field goals, they held as large as an 11 point lead most of the way through the period.Getting to the line proved to be the difference that gave the Crimson the advantage, though, as Harvard streaked for 16 unanswered points in the last six minutes...
Greenstein's center released a new study on Monday projecting a sharp rise in the number of people living below the poverty line, which is roughly $21,200 annually for a family of four, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. An estimated 36.5 million Americans currently live below the poverty line, but those numbers will probably increase by as many as 10.3 million if current projections for the depth and duration of the recession hold true. According to the center's analysis, the number of poor children will grow by as many as 3.3 million...