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Last Tuesday, we represented Harvard students at a conference on sweatshops at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor. The conference--called No Sweat University--brought together students, university presidents, licensing directors and apparel manufacturers. Several panels featuring representatives of the above groups discussed how universities could ensure that retail garments featuring school logos are not made in sweatshops--by adopting licensing codes of conduct...
...dollars each. Rick Rowe, vice president of global operations for Honeywell-Measurex, claims that within 12 to 24 months, papermakers recover the $350,000 to $5 million they spend to buy the control systems. If you're in manufacturing, figuring out the cost-benefit ratio for computers is no sweat...
...Monica was up to no good, but all they did was hold her up at the gate for security checks. One labeled her a "hall surfer" and "a cross between a stalker and a 15-year-old chasing a rock star." But their only revenge was to see her sweat. Agent Steve Pape described an occasion when Monica waited for clearance in the heat. "She was sweating," said Pape. "I mean, lots of sweat, on her dress, down her back... By the time the appointment finally...was in the system and she went to see the President...it looked like...
...precisely 10:05 a.m. Talk about bad timing! Hundreds of students barreled up the steps and we at Dartboard couldn't resist throwing an elbow at these over-jolly acoustic inquisitors. Silly tourists, Dartboard suggests you pick up a clue at the Harvard Coop, along with a tacky University sweat-shirt, and stay...
...hear them treat the forthcoming impeachment hearings, House members are set to put this constitutional process on the back burner and concentrate on the more urgent need to press the flesh in their constituencies. It's up to the hardworking aides of the House Judiciary Committee to sweat the small stuff -- like which parts of Monica Lewinsky's testimony are credible. And counsel for both sides may well go 15 rounds on how many of those 15 impeachment charges cited Monday should be investigated. For now, it's all about finding evidence that neither the GOP nor the Democrats dispute...