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Susan M. Harvey, a high school history teacher and Gay-Straight Alliance faculty adviser from Littleton, Mass., brought 11 Littleton High School Students to the fair. The smaller size of the event gave students an opportunity to have meaningful conversations with college representatives, she said...

Author: By Julia L Ryan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mass. Hosts GLBT College Fair | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...What does that mean for regulation? You can set up certain decision rules that try to keep people on the straight and narrow, but too much regulation about the details is going to get you in trouble. The big banks should probably be fairly boring and reasonably well regulated. And their core businesses are - but they were able to get away from their core activities and move further out on the risk spectrum and jeopardize the whole operation. So much more stringent capital requirements for banks as they get larger, to make sure that as they get larger they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Common Mistakes Even Smart Investors Make | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

Wilder said that he was impressed by Bush’s “straight talk” with Chinese leaders and noted that since the Beijing Olympics last year, there has been a “large degree of transition and maturity that came into the relationship” between the U.S. and China...

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wilder Talks U.S.-China Relations | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...disappointing start to Ancient Eight play on Friday, Harvard (4-8, 0-1 Ivy) dropped three-straight sets to an offensively-charged Darthmouth (5-6, 1-0) at the Malkin Athletic Center...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Falls in Ivy Schedule Opener | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...same event, No. 3 Omodele-Lucien handled Joe Michalisin in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 but was set back 3-6, 6-0, 10-8 by Martin Kosut before being upset in the round of 16 by Christian Coley...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Players Tune Up at USTA National Tennis Center | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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