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...last few weeks, Kerasiotes' efforts to save his job were as distasteful as they were futile. He attempted to justify his decision to conceal the true financial figures, and when that didn't work, he tried to shift the blame onto departed officials. Kerasiotes even surreptitiously lobbied the transportation department against a provision that would bar him from participating in any other federal project...
...will fall under a new institute tentatively named the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH). Starting the institute signals a major shift in College policy, which currently prohibits students from running businesses in dorm rooms...
...capitalize on any of our chances in the first half, even though we had a few of them," freshman attackman Matt Primm said. "We were told before the third that we just needed to calm down to convert those chances--the difference was just a shift in execution...
...Juan Miguel stayed in Havana, living under Castro's surveillance in a government residence, the easier it was for the family to challenge his motives. But once he stepped onto American soil last week, a parent come to claim a lost child, the emotional balance of power began to shift, and so did the relatives' story. One day they would declare that they believe he is a loving father and that they are resisting his claims only because they fear he is being cruelly pressured by Castro. But the next moment family allies would revive charges that Juan Miguel beat...
...general in the Kremlin as President of "democratic Russia" is not an "unhappy accident." Putin's election crowns a shift in Russia's mass consciousness from romantic, yet real, pro-democratic expectations toward demand for a "strong hand...