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...coordinate efforts on a global scale, he says, they would be better off working through existing federations. MIT's Kochan, on the other hand, calls those groups "very weak ... perpetual debating societies" with no decision-making power." Hyman doesn't disagree, but says that's mainly because they're short of resources: "Unions are often reluctant to put their money where their mouth...
...This year marked the 38th LGBT pride celebration for the city, and it came on the heels of a landmark decision by the California Supreme Court to allow gay couples to marry. However, the decision may be short-lived as opponents have introduced legislation to ban gay marriage through a constitutional amendment, which voters will consider in November...
...philosophize" was once The Crimson's motto. And yet, in these settings, that is precisely what is expected of the writer-- to draw some larger conclusion about events that, on most days, wouldn't have warranted a second look. While I have learned a good deal in the short amount of time I have spend in the city, any sweeping generalization about life that I could draw at present would almost certainly be a stretch...
While the returns fall short of last year's exceptional 23 percent performance for the full 12-month period, they are comparatively strong given that they come amid a bear market that has seen the S&P 500 index, a standard baseline for stock-market performance, lose eight percent during the same July to April period...
...also illegal. With Netscape crying foul, the Feds successfully pressed an antitrust suit against Microsoft. The PR damage - Gates acting insolent on the witness stand, showing a convenient lack of memory about key business decisions - turned out to be short-lived and is all but forgotten as Gates remakes himself as a philanthropist. But the court's decree forced the great general to march cautiously into the future. He may have won the Battle of the Browser, but he would start to see major casualties in the Internet...