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...shift produced student concerns that they may no longer have a common space, evinced in a resolution passed by the Student Government near the end of the spring term and a critical student editorial in The Citizen, the school newspaper...
...until its closing at 11 p.m., which she called ideal because the Forum—the school’s central student space—often closes at 4 p.m. for special events such as distinguished speakers. Argote also said administrators and students engaged in dialogue about the shift after it was announced, and student suggestions and preferences for the space were considered. As a result of those discussions, the space now has mobile tables to facilitate group studying and acoustical adjustments in the walls to prevent echoing in the room, among other student-oriented features...
Location was also probably a factor in Toyota's decision. It's very expensive to operate a plant in California, notes a senior executive with another Japanese automaker. Toyota can pretty easily shift production of the compact Corollas and Tacoma pickup trucks to other plants in Canada and Texas. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...would make it impossible to contend with the larger forces that are driving up health-care costs and burdening the economy as a whole. For instance, the uninsured would continue to show up for treatment in the expensive setting of hospital emergency rooms, and those hospitals would continue to shift those costs onto their paying patients. (See 10 players in health-care reform...
...clamoring for change. The LDP machine, which lifted Japan from its postwar doldrums, has been unable to deliver the needs of the public for years - some would argue decades. Now, faced with an uncertain future and an economy in crisis, Japan's electorate is expected to call for a shift in direction - and also to say that they have a choice in which party leads their country. "This is the most important election since 1955," says Gerald Curtis, a Japanese politics expert who teaches at Columbia University. "The DPJ will almost certainly win the majority - without a coalition partner. This...