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Payday moved from Thursday to Friday as a result of the university’s shift to the PeopleSoft payroll system in October. Late paycheck delivery plagued the new system at its inception, but most of those problems have been since been resolved...
When I started at Ballard 12 years ago, I would never have thought that I'd be talking excitedly about, say, the fuel-cell-powered floor scrubber. But companies are looking for a replacement for battery technology, something that can go through an entire shift and therefore cost less money...
CORREA: Should somebody hold a gun to the auto industry's head and force higher fuel-efficiency standards? Actually, in the short run that is usually the right answer. But if you are thinking about a real shift, then probably not. Would you like to be the world's best sailmaker in 1880 and predicate your company on that? You'd probably win the next two years' worth of orders. You have to be the best at the game today, and you have to be clairvoyant enough to know the game in the future...
...policy shift that is meant to make Harvard competitive with other Ivy League schools and top universities around the nation, Kirby announced that faculty will be able to take a semester off at full pay for every six semesters they spend teaching in Cambridge—allowing them paid leave twice as often as under the old policy. Such sabbaticals are meant to give faculty a chance to do scholarship unburdened by their normal teaching and administrative responsibilities. The move was widely hailed by both professors and administrators as bringing Harvard into line with other universities whose policies on taking...
...People are moving backward to a collectivist view." The effect of the New Zionism isn't limited to social life. Because most Israelis are convinced that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will never stick to an acceptable peace agreement, right-wing parties are getting a boost in the polls. This shift to the right also colors the way left-wingers are fighting the election, which Sharon called after the Labor Party quit his "national unity" coalition. Even some dovish candidates, like Labor Party leader Mitzna, are keen to show they won't be saps for the Palestinians. Sharon's biggest advantage...