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HUCTW, however, was not involved in last spring’s negotiations, which sprang from the most bitter labor dispute in recent Harvard history—the three-week long Mass. Hall sit-in by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) in spring...
...lurking behind the freeway as if it had been teleported into this tiny town. In 1999 WorldCom founder Bernie Ebbers moved the company here, to his old college town, and everything changed. Employees started wearing their badges around town as a sign of their achievement. A Wal-Mart Supercenter sprang up. And millions of Ebbers' dollars went to making over Mississippi College. When friends came to visit Cynthia Cooper for lunch, she would give them a tour of the facility. This is the town where she had grown up, and she was proud of this company that knew no bounds...
...middle of a long sled journey when he tripped on a piece of ice and fell. Sensing his vulnerability, his dogs viciously attacked him. After a few moments the dogs backed away to assess the damage they had done before resuming the attack. Herbert, seizing this opportunity, sprang up to his full height and grabbed his whip out of the sled. Knowing that the old order had returned, the dogs fell into line...
...members is Cyprus, which has been split between Greeks and Turks for a generation. The U.N. pushed a plan to end the island's 28-year division in November, hoping that the prospect of E.U. membership would jumpstart negotiations to settle Europe's longest-running standoff. That trap never sprang. As promised, the E.U. will now admit the Greek part of Cyprus, but urged both sides to keep working toward a deal. The Turkish government had set its sights unerringly on starting negotiations before the E.U. grows from 15 to 25 members. It worries that it will have a tougher...
...another season, Princeton sprang off the bench in celebration at the final whistle. On the other end, the Crimson players cast their sticks to the sidelines and huddled together in collective disappointment...