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...Intensifying these trends is the disproportionate effect of the recession on women, who, due to pervasive economic disadvantage, have fewer personal assets and marketable skills to leverage when times turn hard. With unemployment among women rising faster, and women’s wages falling more quickly, than those of their male counterparts, it is now more important than ever that women reject Basham’s advice—not only for the sake of leading their own fulfilling lives, but also to ensure the financial safety of their families...
...program notes, the Stage Director notes that, “Verdi’s ‘Otello’ takes Shakespeare’s play to the next level, bringing the audience deeper into the psyches of its three central characters.” Among these characters, Andrew Young served as the propelling force for the opera’s emotional intensity in his deft portrayal of the role of Jago. His rendition of “Credo in un Dio crudel” (I believe in a cruel God) illustrated a visceral contempt for justice as the rest...
...with the exception of 2006, when a special donation from the Harvard COOP allowed 150 students to work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. PBHA Executive Director Gene A. Corbin said he believed the rise in applicants was the effect of both word-of-mouth and increased civic-mindedness among students. He also cited the Obama campaign’s positive impact on participation in public service. PBHA Director of Programs Kate Meunier similarly attributed the increase to a broad trend among students. “If you look at the millennial generation, they do more service than anyone before...
...finishing sixth on Sunday at 4:52.59. Sophomore runner Hilary May finished second in the 1000-meter run, at 2:50.46. Crimson runners ended with positive results across many events, coming in third in the distance medley and sixth in the 4x400-meter relay. Senior high jumper Becky Christensen, among the best in the nation at her event, won the high jump event by clearing 1.85 meters. Senior high jumper Dina Emde finished seventh, clearing 1.65 meters. Overall, Harvard finished seventh in the team rankings on Sunday. Though some veterans shined individually, the women are also looking to the future...
...when news broke late last week that two top nominees for the Treasury Department were withdrawing their names from consideration for undisclosed personal reasons, what ordinarily might have been dismissed as a harmless staffing snafu became the latest cause for unease among those watching Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Geithner - who at 47 still looks like the Doogie Howser of economists - has had difficulty filling out his roster of lieutenants; he wasn't helped when Paul Volcker, the old lion who got the U.S. out of its last deep recession, described Treasury's staffing woes as "shameful." (See TIME...