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Students seeking a nip of gin or an advertised party will have to look outside Harvard’s 12 undergraduate Houses after administrators presented a new standard alcohol policy for the College yesterday...
After a tense fall shopping period that featured a standoff involving HUPD, the relationship between CrimsonReading.org and The Harvard Coop seems to have warmed in time for the spring semester. Employees of the textbook-price-comparison Web site are continuing to copy the International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) of texts for Harvard courses, and they say that unlike last semester, the Coop has turned a blind eye to the practice. “We told the Coop we’re not interested in a fight like last semester,” said CrimsonReading co-founder and Undergraduate Council...
...Admittedly, the circumstances that permitted the ambush were unfortunate. But ineffective weaponry, more than bad luck, was what left the 507th defenseless in the face of the enemy. In Lynch’s case, her standard-issue M16A2 rifle had jammed so badly that it was “about as useful as a hockey stick...
...public criticism and even a Congressional investigation, little has been done to actually address the issue. Regardless of the politics involved, America’s war fighters—who have already put their lives on the line—deserve the best equipment possible. Unfortunately, what passes for standard-issue these days doesn’t even come close...
...Exporters will get off relatively lightly, because most are located in warmer coastal provinces near ports, says Stephen Green, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai. Hardest hit will be producers that rely heavily on electricity such as aluminum and steel makers. But few companies will escape unscathed. Million Freight, a logistics company based in the normally balmy southern city of Shenzhen, was forced to stop taking new shipments on Jan. 28 because existing freight was stacking up. "Nearly all trains coming in and leaving from Shenzhen are delayed by seven or eight hours," says an executive...