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...changeover.“I feel that I’ve taken this engineering and applied sciences to a high level in the last 10 years, and it has to be taken to the next level,” Venky said. “That’s a minimum five- to 10-year project. I thought it would be better if a new person comes in.” A committee led by Provost Steven E. Hyman and Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith will be appointed to search for a new leader for the School...
...have no incentive to take only as much food as they can eat, so they produce more waste than they would if their meal had a price tag. Charging for food would force dining-hall denizens to economize on their dining, and concurrently to keep their waste to a minimum. What is today an all-you-can-carry buffet would suddenly give hungry undergraduates pause, reducing the astronomical amount that gets thrown away. They would also consider the relative costs of each item of food. If salads are much cheaper to produce than sandwiches, student decisions should take this into...
...coalition government led by center-right Chancellor Angela Merkel, the scandal could hardly have come at a worse time. Germany is already engaged in a deepening ideological battle over the bloated salaries of its top corporate executives. Socialists are calling for a statutory minimum wage, a move most conservatives oppose, as well as for a law to limit executive salaries. Many voters are angry that ordinary workers have to carry the burden of Germany's economic reforms while executives give themselves huge pay increases, and they have been flocking to an opposition party called the Left, an amalgam...
...which means roaring business for private eyes. The government has recently proposed a Private Detective Agencies Bill to regulate the industry and set minimum qualifications and training standards. Singh supports the move: "It will weed out fly-by-night operators and bring the job the respect it deserves," he says...
...rank private, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and a dishonorable discharge. But the penalty was also seen as a concession to the extraordinary pressures under which soldiers decide whether to take or preserve life. The maximum possible sentence was life without parole; the prosecution had recommended a minimum sentence of 15 years...