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...Kostelics make a specialty of firsts. When the Croatian government issued the first postage stamp to honor a sports personality, Janica won the distinction - after becoming women's slalom and overall World Cup champion in 2001. Not to be outdone, elder brother Ivica set out to establish his own first and became the first person to win a World Cup race from the lowly start position of 64th out of the gate. Not bad for a couple of kids from a country with little tradition in skiing. If both perform to their undoubted ability in Salt Lake City they could...
Princeton’s greatest strength in recent years has been its divers. Sophomore Renee Paradise will lead first-years Coral Day-Davis and Anne Osmun as Harvard diving tries to establish itself as the triumvirate to beat at the league champions...
...University will also establish a parity wage and benefits policy by March 31, requiring contractors to pay wages and benefits at least equal to those paid to unionized Harvard employees...
...concurrences” calling for a permanent wage floor. Given the committee’s findings, as well as the sharp increase in the cost of living generally, it seems clear that if Harvard wishes to ensure that its workers do not ever live in poverty, it must establish a living wage, adjusted annually to inflation; guarantee full health benefits; ensure union representation, and the right to collective bargaining, for all workers; reverse the trend of “outsourcing” by hiring service and trade workers directly; and create an inclusive committee to oversee the successful implementation...
...Citizen Corps that responds most directly to post-9/11 anxieties and needs. Citizen Corps is geared toward homeland security, allowing volunteers to help police departments, establish emergency medical procedures and ramp up neighborhood watch programs...