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For one group of workers, the recession hasn't hit quite so hard. Their unemployment rate was nearly half the overall work force in December. When they do lose jobs, they tend to find work more quickly than others. Their wages are higher, and they ...
2009-01-11 11:06:00
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Robin was sitting in the classroom, giving me an exact account of the Russian Revolution. It was his specialist subject and he knew every date, every manoeuvre, the names of the Bolshevik leaders, and where they were when the Winter Palace was ...
2009-01-11 03:03:00
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When celebrity photographer Barbra Porter picks up her camera, such stars as Billy Bob Thornton, Garth Brooks and Eric Clapton know she'll make them look good. But in her other career, Porter also makes the stars sound good -- by performing as a ...
2009-01-11 01:44:00
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A local judicial officer has allegedly embroiled into a controversy despite already having faced suspension once. This time, the officer is allegedly involved in a mobile theft case and that too of his colleague. Chairman of the Punjab State ...
2009-01-11 02:05:00
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One's a celebrity photographer/violinist. Another is a violinist with a thriving career selling real estate. And there's a cellist who's chief operating officer of an online enterprise. As Blair Tindall writes in this week's Arts & Books section, a ...
2009-01-11 12:39:00
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Many veterans, both young and old, usually avoid going to college because it has been years since they’ve been to school and they fear they won't relate to a younger student population.
2009-01-11 04:00:47
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English is not a compulsory subject to enter the Advanced Level stream, Education Department Commissioner Nimal Bandara said. However, students have to get through Mathematics and the respective language papers if they are to qualify for Advanced Level since mathematics and languages are compulsory.
2009-01-11 01:42:08
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Eugene Kaspersky's love for mathematics determined his 'technical' future. Eugene began studying computer viruses after the Cascade virus was detected on his computer in 1989.
2009-01-11 02:48:41
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Twenty-seven public elementary schools by Friday must use parents' opinions to help decide what curriculum their students will use for the next few years. Currently, each elementary school must choose between three curriculum programs: Direct ...
2009-01-11 10:52:00
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A few thoughts from the week in sports ... Of the six openings in the NFL for a new head coach, the Cleveland Browns were the first to fill their post when Eric Mangini was hired Thursday. Nothing about owner Randy Lerner's hire came off neatly, but ...
2009-01-11 10:38:00
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The headaches continue and so does the boil advisory for Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA) customers, but news is good out of the Creston water treatment plant. SIRWA customers in seven counties have been without drinkable water since Dec ...
2009-01-11 08:15:00
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THE CLEANUP of sludge in Halifax Harbour has enabled Ryan States and six other students to work toward a post-secondary education. Through a bursary program of the Halifax Community Investment Fund, Ryan is attending Humber College in Toronto ...
2009-01-11 11:49:00
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From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a ...
2009-01-11 12:11:00
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The fact that there is a culture of greed and excess on Wall Street is no secret. The blogger Cunning Realist wrote that in his experience, Wall Streeters are not exactly rocket scientists (and being a rocket scientist has its own problems ) but ...
2009-01-11 12:18:00
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John Crace takes a brief look at Nick Hornby's record collection
2009-01-11 07:48:50
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