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Rhode Island's to make up the top three. Unemployment figures are certain to rise when the bureau releases its next set of figures on Nov. 7. Some economists are predicting that unemployment will go higher than 8% nationwide before the end of the year and continue to climb toward the modern record of 10.8%, seen...
...three classes approved were in the sciences—an area in which the committee has had trouble recruiting professors to teach new courses for a general audience. The environmental science course Science B-35: “How To Build a Habitable Planet” will count toward Gen Ed’s Science of the Physical Universe requirement. Life and Physical Sciences A: “Foundational Chemistry and Biology” was approved for the Science of Living Systems category. On the humanities side, folklore and mythology professor Maria Tatar’s popular Core class, Literature...
...there’s the philosophical argument. It may not be the best campaign-trail one-liner, but paying taxes really is patriotic. They don’t just go toward broken welfare systems; they pay for the basic, simple services everyone takes for granted. Taxes sustain the livelihoods of millions of American workers. They support soldiers and firefighters and pay for our elections. They are the dues we pay to get goosebumps at the national anthem...
...same theme—along with De Niro—seems tired and hackneyed in “What Just Happened?” If viewers want exposure to interesting, true Hollywood stories, they should just read Linson’s book. Toward the end of the movie, Robin Wright Penn poses the question “What just happened?” Yet most viewers will probably think to themselves, “I couldn’t care less.” —Staff writer Edward F. Coleman can be reached at efcolem@fas.harvard.edu...
...have a written policy on the environment? If the company has a written statement that includes things like sustainability aims and goals, it's a good clue toward their intent. If there's nothing on paper, it likely means they don't take ecotourism very seriously...