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Helping keep travelers at bay are tighter visa restrictions, tougher entry procedures at immigration desks and a general increase in anti-American sentiment in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We took foreign travelers for granted and erroneously assumed they would just keep on coming," says Harteveldt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a New U.S. Tourism Board Woo Visitors? | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson has recently been carried by its own running game. Freshman Treavor Scales and junior Gino Gordon have combined to rush for eight touchdowns in the past two games. But the duo should have a tougher time tomorrow. Penn has allowed only one rushing touchdown all season and hasn’t allowed a 100-yard rusher in 21 games...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Seeks Third Consecutive Crown | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...competitive business on the streets of Buenavista, made tougher as the recession has pushed more and more women to make a living here. Mexico's economy is predicted to shrink 7.2% in 2009, its worst slump since the Great Depression. Grim by any measure, the fragile economy is evident in the swelling number of prostitutes working in Mexico City, estimated to have risen 10% in the past year. Residents of Buenavista have long complained of the worsening situation, but now the government has put forth a solution. (See pictures of fighting crime in Mexico City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Mexico City Need a Red-Light District? | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Heiser said administrators expected increased applications as Americans began to seek graduate school education to improve their credentials in a tougher job market...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Graduate Enrollment Breaks with Nat’l Trend | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...faced a lot of adversity this season ,and I feel that we got a lot tougher,” Lee said. “Things didn’t turn out [this season], but I feel like next year these experiences, and what the seniors have helped us to achieve, will really come in handy...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifth-Place Finish Signals End of Season | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

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