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...Isaac sued the University after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission granted him a “right-to-sue notice” in April 1980, and, after a nine-year battle, eventually settled the suit out of court, with Harvard agreeing to pay for his legal fees and as well as offering to give him a position as a Fellow...
...many may have expected—several rookies extended their years, making a significant contribution to the varsity’s fourth-place finish on Saturday. And just as Radcliffe’s crew is now on the rise, so the rest of the sport is following suit. This leaves the Black and White with one more task: making sure it can keep up. “No one was expecting Bucknell to win,” Chung said. “But it’s exciting that lightweight crew is growing in general...
...through the mandi system, there was little chance for improvements. Then Metro convinced the southern state of Karnataka, home to high-tech hub Bangalore, to change its laws to allow the company to deal with farmers directly. Within months, the federal government was leaning on other states to follow suit. A huge opportunity had arrived...
...There is something slightly anachronistic about all this. Romney is the most perfect iteration I've seen of the television-era candidate. At one point, I squinted a bit and saw him in the middle distance: blue suit, white shirt, red tie, high forehead, slick black hair, tan, tall and ramrod straight - he could have been an exhibit in some future Museum of Natural History: Politicianus americanus. Matt Lauer and a Today show crew were following him around, and at the high school speech Romney did a slightly cheesy thing, inviting Lauer on stage, amping his candidacy with a.m. glitz...
...home stretch, he got to the point: he would support the President. In fact, when Romney slowed down and focused on a single issue - immigration - at a press conference in Dover, N.H., the brazen cynicism of his candidacy became almost embarrassing. He has flipped on immigration, to better suit the Mexican-fearing tendencies of a segment of the Republican base. He's against the comprehensive reform bill being considered by the Senate, and, of course, that's because the bill would offer a path to citizenship for the 12 million illegals currently in the country. A reporter asks, What would...