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...unbearable pain” on Sept. 6, 2004 and never returned to work. The University paid McGahey disability benefits for two years. McGahey’s attorney, Paul M. Stein, said that after two years of being disabled, the University’s definition of what constitutes this status changes, and that the University now contends that McGahey no longer fits this category. “The Harvard interpretation of that change in the definition will be at the heart of this lawsuit,” Stein said. “Under our interpretation she remains qualified for benefits. Under...
...evidenced by the violent reaction against anything Chinese in the streets of Lhasa over the last ten days, Tibetan identity is very much alive and tired of the status quo. Tibetans’ demands have not changed, but their oppressor has. As host of the upcoming Olympics, China is in the spotlight. Quickly, Beijing blamed the protests on the Dalai Lama, oddly accused the Tibetans of “reactionary separatism” and of trying to ruin the Olympics, and cut off access to the region, where The Economist was the only foreign media outlet with a correspondent. Silence...
...appoint another student from any of the many groups and factions of students at Harvard. We are not looking for additional student members and I sense no interest in having this committee treated as anything other than outlined above,” referring to the body’s status as a non-standing committee. Last spring, then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 called for the creation of the review body, and in January, Interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam announced the names of the faculty members on the committee. But Pfister...
...forcing China to deal with their demands, although such a boycott remains extremely unlikely, with most Western governments having moved quickly to squelch any suggestion that they might stay away from the Games. China's centrality to the world economy today has given it the equivalent of great-power status, meaning that even when others criticize its human rights abuses, there is too much else riding on their relationship to allow it to be disrupted by such concerns...
...last summer. They secured an audience with the Pope, and enlisted celebrities like soccer star David Beckham to make appeals for the public to help find Madeleine. But the story went into overdrive early last September when Portuguese police investigating the crime named the McCanns as official suspects - a status they still officially hold...