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Four thousand Harvard employees began the year with an unpleasant e-mail surprise??an electronic pink slip. And though the massive layoff was a glitch, further technological and administrative difficulties meant that some student employees went unpaid for as much as two months...
Though Gates’ leave of absence does not come as a surprise??the scholar announced in December that he was planning a sabbatical—it will take him away from Cambridge in the midst of his department’s major rebuilding efforts...
...Rogoff said that his decision to leave—which he said yesterday took his colleagues at the IMF by surprise??was most strongly influenced by a desire to return to Cambridge...
Although department members reactions to news of the relationship ranged from “interest” to “surprise?? to “shock,” they say it was not a prominent or openly discussed factor in departmental operations last spring. According to Watson, however, “a certain amount of conspiracy theorizing” formed over two incidents: a departmental meeting about an ad hoc case and the Paulin incident...
This time, though, there was no “upstart” or “surprise?? about it. The Crimson knew exactly what to expect after four hard-fought battles between the two teams last year...