Word: evening
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...people about their country, fellow citizens and society. If you are planning to seek asylum up North from the results of this insipid election, I advise you to prepare yourself for a completely different approach. Canada, after all, is a country where we'll use anything to stay warm--even political debates...
...working 50 to 80 hours a week in order to feed themselves and their families. Child labor is common, as are forced abortions to keep women working. As in the United States, women employees often earn less than men for the same work, but that difference is lethal when even the highest paid men are earning under a dollar per hour...
...brutally crushed by management in a factory producing clothes for Kohl's and Target, which fired hundreds of workers to teach them a lesson, according to the National Labor Committee. Harvard's sizable holdings give it the power to influence their labor policies, and yet Harvard has taken not even issued a statement. The Harvard Corporation stubbornly held out for years before agreeing to partially divest from apartheid South Africa, and then only after strenuous protests and alumni refusals to donate. It is hard to have faith that Harvard will do the right thing in the case of sweatshops without...
...consumer goods manufactured under decent conditions is important to us, we must let the University know we consider joining the WRC a priority. This means signing petitions, calling our deans and asking our friends to do the same. By owning a Harvard T-shirt, a pair of sweats or even a Harvard keychain, we are all implicated in the abuse and underpayment of workers. And as long as we allow Harvard to do nothing, we are condoning its policies...
Carnahan died too late for his name to be removed from the ballot, so his widow, Jean Carnahan, is running in his place. In polls taken this week, Carnahan was shown to be tied with or even leading Ashcroft...