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Three thousand, two hundred kilometers, two thosand miles: that is the length of the United States-Mexico border, an already politically-charged stretch of terrain that could soon be fortified with a 698-mile, two-layered fence if House Bill 4437 becomes law. To the common U.S. citizen, it may seem like this “wall” will alleviate domestic immigration tensions, preventing undocumented workers from entering U.S. soil. In reality, this frail three-foot high metal fence, a product of popular misconceptions about immigration, is unlikely to significantly reduce undocumented immigration and merely serves as a symbol...
...several UC members questioned Mission Hill’s insistence on renting vans. In a comical chalk board demonstration, Tannen showed that taking the subway would actually be more expensive, costing $2.50 per student each day, while vans cost $1.33. Tannen also expressed concerns with the length of travel time on the T. “There are very few Harvard undergraduates who can spend two hours out of their day to travel in addition to two hours of tutoring,” he said. FiCom members said they harbored no ill will toward Mission Hill...
...three times since 2004. Technology has played a part, too. Stump-mounted mini-cameras, computer graphics to predict a ball's trajectory and touch screens that allow commentators to write their analysis across the picture have made cricket one of the flashier sports on TV. Speed says even the length of the games?Test matches between national sides can take five days and a series one month or more?is appealing to broadcasters and advertisers. "It's a lot of content," Speed says, "enough to fill a channel for days, and is a very valuable commodity for sponsors." Nike apparently...
...cells, the writers of the law are clear that regardless of your ideas about whether or not life begins at conception, by twenty weeks, the organism in question is a “child.” A living, breathing child, which is about a foot long in length, weighs about a pound, and has arms, legs, fingers, and toes. He or she has distinct facial features, with wrinkly reddish skin, eyes, lips, and a nose. Many babies delivered at this point and after are able to survive indefinitely outside the body of the mother. There is even scientific evidence...
...offices of interviewees, but as the search proceeds, candidates are flown to law offices and hotel suites to maintain the veil of secrecy. According to The Crimson, Summers’ final interview was held in the Presidential Suite of the Boston Harbor Hotel.FROM ONE TO THE OTHERWhile the length of Summers’ tenure—the shortest since the Civil War—might be unusual, the onslaught of criticism at its close is by no means unique. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand recalls controversy surrounding presidential searches dating back to 1909. President...