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...tycoon's nose was slashed with a cobbler's knife by a fellow prisoner, later identified as Kuchma. "I wanted to cut his eye out," Kuchma said, when interrogated by the camp administration. "But my hand slipped." Kuchma said he assaulted Khodorkovsky because he was afraid of an imminent transfer to a different barrack, where he would have been in trouble with other prisoners - he hoped the assault would result in his being placed in solitary confinement until the transfer situation dissipates. After the assault, he was indeed sent to solitary confinement for ten days. A source in the Federal...
...pose a direct threat to American low wage workers.The Post relies heavily on Harvard’s own George Borjas, an economist who has spent much time showing that immigrants lower the wages of American workers, claims current immigration trends will produce “an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country…to the richest.” Borjas’ findings have been challenged by David Card, a Berkeley economist, who argues that immigration raises average wages by increasing the amount of availabe capital. He also claims that the least skilled workers?...
...alumni protested her planned dismissal, Gross announced the following week that he would create a new post for her at the College. In addition, Assistant Dean of the College Julia G. Fox will no longer handle her duties as manager of the Ann Radcliffe Trust and coordinator of transfer and visiting student programs, although Gross has not said whether she will remain in University Hall...
...Athletic Department released its seven incoming lacrosse recruits from their letters of intent and told both recruits and current players that they can consider their options for transfer. "We've told them that regardless of what happens, we will still offer them scholarships next year," says Art Chase, Duke sports information director. He added that no current member of the team or any of the seven recruits have indicated they will not be attending Duke next fall, but as he admits, that could change at any point...
...community college transfer student applying to Harvard, Markus A. Besselle ’07 summed up his thoughts: “Markus + Getting into Harvard = Hell freezing over.” While almost half of all undergraduates in the country are enrolled in community college, they only account for six percent of transfers to Harvard and less than one percent of the student body.“Top students at community college have a lot to offer elite colleges,” said Josh Wyner, vice president for programming at the Cooke Foundation, a foundation that provides scholarships for students...