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Folkman, who worked for the U.S. Attorney General's Office in Cleveland, Ohio last summer, says his job search has become more competitive this year as students vie for private sector internships that could turn into post-graduation job offers Stein's firm promises...
...difference between the attitudes of these two schools can be explained by simple economics. Princeton, with the nation's largest endowment per student, can afford to lead the way into increased generosity. It can also--to some extent--afford to vie with Harvard in the bidding war Routh said he sees coming in the Ivy League. Yale, with a far smaller endowment per student than either school, cannot...
...Crimson welcomes 12 freshmen this year, including three forwards and four midfielders, many of whom will vie for starting spots. High school All-American Yoshio Keneko and Somerville product Nick Lenicheck top the list of rookies who have the potential to contribute immediately...
...rested. But the erratic Yeltsin is physically and politically out of touch, having lost control of his Cabinet, the parliament and the people. The Duma, supposedly a representative legislature, is hardly that at all. Except for the Communists, Russia has no real political parties, so most of the Deputies vie for power rather than enacting the laws Russia needs. The banks have served all too often as the private preserves of robber barons...
Journalists' shameful secret is that we love being spun. The networks vie for the privilege of having the next round of lies uttered on their particular Sunday talk show. It's called "advancing the story." Correspondents, only human, are flattered to be leaked upon by important people. Spinning gives journalists something to interpret. If politicos ever started saying it straight, reporters would have nothing to be knowing about...