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Despite continued support from alumni, Rogers said that it is too early to set a tentative launch date for the University’s long-derailed capital campaign but that Harvard will continue to plan...
...following the comment. But the damage had been done. For any centrist or fence-sitter watching at home, Wilson’s outburst confirmed that Republicans have nothing else in mind than to kill the health-care bill for purely political reasons. His comment galvanized fiscally conservative Democrats to support the president’s bill and heightened the sense of despondency among those Republican congressmen and senators who BBMed and Tweeted on their BlackBerries throughout the speech...
...earn their own incomes. Reading and writing are essential for even basic things, like reading the numbers on buses and the prices in stores; therefore SEWA started literacy programs and its own university for younger members. It schools women in basic first aid and provides counseling and child support for widows. It has established its own bank because no other banks will cater to poor women and provides them with loans so that they are able to get small entrepreneurial endeavors off the ground...
...There is also much room for outside support in new and innovative ways. SEWA’s commercial branch, the Trade Facilitation Center, employs women to do fine embroidery work on clothing and upholstery products, which are then sold to high-paying markets and the profits are channeled back to the women. The Alba Collective teamed up with this fair-trade endeavor and is now trying to attract high-end, western designers to buy SEWA products. The profits would go directly back to the women artisans...
...most crucial for getting a bill passed. Obama admitted in a prespeech interview with ABC that he made the mistake of keeping a distance from Congress because he didn't want to "step on any toes." Shoring up moderate Dems is a beginning; he must also work to garner support across the aisle, where Maine's Olympia Snowe is currently considered the most likely convert. During the summer of discontent, the White House stopped reaching out to some key potential votes: the other Senator from Maine, Susan Collins, says she hasn't heard from anyone at the other...