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Corinne S. Crawford '01, a Berkeley doctoral student and a member of the school's cycling team, died last week as a result of a head injury sustained when she was struck by a car on June...
...John F. Kennedy and President George W. Bush is certainly timely [July 2]. Kennedy had the ability to read the briefings his military advisers put in front of him, while Bush has someone read the information to him. Kennedy had a wealthy father, as Bush does, but he also struck out on his own. Kennedy fought in a war heroically, while Bush did not. Kennedy valued the Constitution as the foundation for our laws, while Bush has trampled it. Our next President must be highly knowledgeable of domestic issues and adept at foreign diplomacy to save us from ruin...
...flexibility also extends to the rhythm of work: BMW has struck deals with its heavily unionized workforce that enable it to run its factories more or less as demand dictates. Its newest plant in Leipzig, where the 3-series and new 1-series hatchback cars are built, runs anywhere from 60 to 140 hours per week. Instead of classic two- or three-shift rosters, the company juggles some 300 working-time permutations to determine optimal use of its teams of workers, some of whom are contract "permatemps" more common...
...compromises in Washington's first term. When the first Congress reached an impasse over two issues--where to locate the permanent capital city and how to pay off the Revolutionary War debt--Thomas Jefferson asked Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to share a meal at which the three men struck a bargain: the Northern states would agree to locate the capital in the South, and the Southern states would assent to the Federal Government's assumption of the debt, even though most of the South had already paid up. The nascent nation survived to fight another day. Later, because...
...Mari Alkatiri, is nowhere near as popular as Gusmão. Indeed, Alkatiri had to resign as Prime Minister last year after his tenure was stained by his handling of the army rebellion. His resumption of the top post could trigger bloodletting on the streets. Yet on Wednesday Alkatiri struck a defiant tone, swearing that he will not allow his party to cooperate with CNRT...