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...assailant also yelled racial epithets at Garcia. According to Columbia junior Jennifer Oki, the president of the Black Students Organization, there have been other cases of racially-motivated vandalism at Columbia. “This is not an isolated incident, but rather it is part of a larger trend,” Oki said. A spokeswoman for Columbia, Elizabeth Golden, said in a statement that the administration was fully cooperating with the ongoing police investigation of the Ruggles incident and that Brown and Searles may also face repercussions from the school’s internal disciplinary system...
...Indian politicians at the summit expressed confidence that the country will eventually catch up?not because the government will necessarily get its act together, but because of a long-term trend known as India's "demographic dividend." With 1.3 billion citizens, China is the world's most populous country; India is second with a population of 1.1 billion. But because of Beijing's long-standing one-child policy, China's working-age population will begin to decline in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, India's youthfulness?350 million of its citizens are under age 15?ensures its workforce will expand...
TIME You helped write the recent National Academy of Sciences report on the U.S.'s declining scientific competitiveness. How does that trend affect DuPont...
Equal Exchange can also boast that it started a trend. About 450 coffee importers opt to pay above-market rates for certain beans and then sell the product as premium coffee in 45,000 stores nationwide with Fair Trade certification, an independent audit from TransFair USA. The Fair Trade sector accounts for just 2% of the $22 billion domestic retail coffee market. But the industry is striving to keep up with rising public expectations for the way the brew comes to market...
...trend of the game—the Crimson’s inability to create points despite dominating on the offensive end—was something the Crimson had not had much trouble with in recent contests, scoring 13 goals in its previous two outings, both shutouts of Union. In those two contests, 14 different players scored at least one point, while ten of them came away from the two-game sweep with a goal...