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...stardom in your sweatpants, but count on Harvard to do what it does best: make this brutally competitive. This past Saturday, many hopefuls who came out to the Harvard College Interactive Media Group’s (HCIMG) Battle of the Rock Bands found out that even virtual success is tough...
...Tough economic conditions have added another layer to enrollment questions. At budget-strapped GSAS, increases in applications have not translated into increased international enrollments. According to Berg, GSAS sought to reduce this year’s class size to 2007 levels after large growth in 2008 because the school could not afford the generous financial aid that it offers to graduate students. The number of students admitted to GSAS departments either dropped or did not change...
...repeatedly warned to avoid Gypsies at all costs because of the risk of becoming a victim of Gypsy hypnosis. This practice, in which Gypsies attempt to hypnotize subway riders and others in Russia so that they give away all their money, is a growing problem in Russia; the tough economic climate and social ostracism of Gypsies have forced this nomadic people to resort to innovative means of survival...
...easy sell for Obama. The vote came the same week as Democrats lost the Virginia and New Jersey governors' mansions, and a day after the Labor Department reported a 26-year record unemployment rate of 10.2%. Preaching altruism in such a climate to politicians bent on self-preservation is tough. In the end Democrats lost 39 of their own - passing the bill 220-215 with a cushion of just two votes, one of those a Republican in a heavily Democratic Louisiana district. (Read "Understanding the Health Care Debate: Your Indispensable Guide...
...Saleh talks tough about the rebels, but last week's battle was just one of many security problems for a government that's struggling to maintain control over its large, underdeveloped territory at the southwestern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. Saleh, 67, who has ruled for 31 years, faces not only northern rebels but hostile groups in the south who have fought violent battles for autonomy and extremists who are tied to al-Qaeda. As Yemen's security crumbles, militants find it easier to operate, according to the risk consultancy Eurasia Group in a research note...