Word: throwings
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...This new policy is misguided and harmful for several reasons. First and foremost, the turn toward protectionism in the labor market mandates that the United States essentially throw away much of its already-sparse annual investment in human capital. Every year, American colleges and universities invest millions of dollars in the education of talented students from overseas. Considering the depth of the current crisis, it is foolish to turn away thousands of highly skilled, incredibly productive, and well-qualified candidates on the basis of their nationality...
...Near alley-oop to Pinick, who's fouled. He misses both. Free throw shooting lousy on both sides tonight. Live video of this game can be found at http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=yale&media=84820
HALFTIME - Mullery free throw cuts the deficit as Harvard leads comfortably 35-28. Now, time for more young children playing basketball. Mr. Howell is highly entertained...
...National People's Congress. At follow-up sessions the following day, top officials offered more details on its stimulus plan, saying it would go to transportation infrastructure, housing, energy saving technology and health care. While they didn't rule out additional funds, they said decisions on whether to throw more money at its problems would be based on analysis of how well current programs are working. (See photos of China's electronic waste village...
...Italy; now he can apply while working in the U.K. The old system also gave British embassies too much discretion in determining whether performers deserved their visas. Clay remembers a particularly troublesome ordeal last year involving a Chinese trapeze act, in which two boys swinging on distant lines would throw a somersaulting female performer between them. "The embassy gave visas to the two boys because they had previously worked in the West," he recalls, "but they refused the girl simply because she hadn...