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...enough Americans are trained for these jobs. They lack everything from computer literacy and leadership to critical thinking and communication skills. The recent slump, though, may be helping narrow the skills gap in a surprising way. Although generous social-welfare systems in industrialized countries such as Germany and Britain make it easy for the laid off to wait around for a factory to reopen, Americans tend to take the initiative during a downturn, getting educated or trained for a better job and in the process adding to the country's stock of human capital. Applications to graduate programs in everything...
...Saturday, giving up five earned runs on six hits in just 2.1 innings. It was the second straight time he failed to last into the fifth inning. So far this season, he’s yet to match his 2001 form on a consistent basis, though Walsh insists his slump is only temporary...
...game of near misses for Harvard. Senior Nick Carter, mired in a season-long slump, was robbed of a run-scoring double when rightfielder James Lowe made a sparkling catch in the fifth. Camped out on third base later in the inning, freshman Schuyler Mann started home on a ball Brown starter Chris Davidson threw in the dirt, only to get caught in a rundown when the catcher recovered...
...definitely feel the team is over the early season scoring slump,” shortstop Mark Mager said...
After struggling to come up with clutch hits during the Crimson’s recent slump, the heart of the Crimson order was highly productive this weekend...