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...fights on--carefully. He was, for instance, willing to give TIME access to his office and his schedule--something that would have been unheard of a year ago in Iran. But he would not offer an interview--something that remains too politically sensitive...
...support a more economically diverse class, the College raised scholarships to levels unheard of in the pre-war days when Harvard was largely the domain of the wealthy...
...support a more economically diverse class, the College raised scholarships to levels unheard of in the pre-war days when Harvard was largely the domain of the wealthy...
...campus' 40-strong graduating class of 1997. "Nowadays start-up companies are visiting the I.I.T. campuses to recruit people," says Singh. "They lure them with stock options. They know that Indians are willing to work hard for an amount of money that may seem small to Americans but is unheard of in India." Singh was headhunted by a consulting company that got his name from a friend already in the U.S. "They phoned me, and after a 20-minute interview they sent me the paperwork for a visa," he says...
Then there's money. In January, HSN raised starting pay from $6 an hour to $7, and later this year it will offer health insurance to all its workers, including the 40% who are part-time. That is an unusual but no longer unheard-of deal. There are reports of some fast-food restaurants also extending benefits to workers, including part-timers, who did not get them before. And wage hikes are cropping up in other places. Tony Vallone, owner of six upscale restaurants in Houston, was paying only minimum wage to his dishwashers and kitchen-prep workers 18 months...