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...reaction was polarized. "Cut this good man some slack. He deserves another chance," wrote one reader. But, says Loren Ghiglione, dean of Northwestern University's journalism school, "here's somebody working for the most powerful news organization in Chicago. What he did was an abuse of personal power and an abuse of the newspaper he worked for." That's the rationale Tribune editors used too: "Staff members are forbidden to use their position at the newspaper to gain advantage in personal activities." They insist her age was irrelevant, which has led to more questions. Does this mean...
...review this week of its policy allowing outside actors to participate in Common Casting and Harvard productions. Despite the recent influx of non-Harvard actors participating in Common Casting, HRDC should keep its policy just the way it is—and Harvard should pick up the slack and increase theater opportunities and classes so that students have additional ways to get involved in drama...
...resident of Oakland, Calif., Philipson, 52, describes how Americans' love affair with work might be great for corporate productivity but can have terrible personal consequences. Her book is well timed, with millions of Americans newly laid off and millions more working harder than ever to pick up the slack. "In giving it all to our jobs, we are running a great risk," she writes. "As Americans are working longer hours and investing emotionally in our jobs, we are simultaneously depleting our lives beyond work... When work fails--through a betrayal, rupture or layoff--employees who have given it all often...
Winter officially arrived on Dec. 1 against Stony Brook, when he scored 11 points and picked up 10 rebounds for his first career double-double. Eight of those boards came in the offensive end, as Winter picked up the slack for ailing junior center Brian Sigafoos...
...thing, the yen has been strengthening against the dollar, making Japanese exports less of a bargain overseas. That caused the Bank of Japan to go on a dollar-buying binge last week to keep the yen in check. Plus, there's no consumer boom inside Japan to take up slack if the U.S. recovery stalls. Businesses, operating with excess capacity, still aren't investing in new machinery, factories or technology, nor are they hiring. Unemployment remains high, while wages are falling; workers recently pocketed the smallest annual bonuses in a generation...