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...This doesn't seem like a simple cyclical shift in unemployment," says Thomas Lam, an economist who tracks the U.S. economy at the Singapore-based United Overseas Bank. "What we are seeing is a structural problem in the U.S. economy, and that means it will take a lot longer for the unemployed to find jobs." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...expectation is that we are going to be seeing an increase in manufacturing, and that is certainly a shift from where the economy has been headed," says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a liberal-leaning think tank in Washington. "Clearly you are going to have people moving down the pay scale...
...first quarter, when a Crimson punt struck a member of Yale’s return team and was recovered by Harvard at the Yale 13. The recovery led to the only touchdown of the afternoon. But that, while the most noticeable, was hardly the only special-teams shift of the day. Crimson punter Thomas Hull shanked two punts, a 22-yarder in the second quarter and a 21-yarder in the fourth quarter, while Harvard nearly allowed a punt return for a touchdown to the Bulldog’s Gio Christodoulou. Christodoulou, who returned a punt for a touchdown...
...fifth straight road game that Harvard has been unable to win despite having an undefeated record at home. “I think we’ve just been getting unlucky breaks on the road,” Fraser said. “Last night was just one shift, and that was the only time Colgate had good offense. Untimely mistakes have cost us.”At the start of the game on Saturday night, the Crimson looked ready to reverse that trend. The team came onto the rink looking for the win, and its flying start reflected that...
...expecting the 130,000 Tibetans in exile, or the 5.5 million in Tibet, to suddenly shift course away from the official position: the so-called Middle Path of negotiating for genuine autonomy while remaining part of China. Talking about independence can be taken as an implicit criticism of the Dalai Lama and thus considered taboo among many Tibetans, but this week's talks have brought those views into the mainstream. Leaders of the main pro-independence activist groups were invited to be among the 550 delegates, and their opinions will be incorporated into its final report. "Overall...