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...that he was motivated to apply for what he called “a really great scholarship” because it was “a way to get to Oxford to study applied statistics.” Sheffield additionally plans to study political science in his second year abroad and come back to the U.S. for a Ph.D. in that field. Sheffield found out he had received the scholarship only a day after his interview in Atlanta. “My flight was delayed in Baltimore so I showed up at Harvard, sleep deprived and angry that...
...Reed Smoot of Utah and Representative Willis C. Hawley of Oregon. Signed into law on June 17, 1930, the notorious Smoot-Hawley Act jacked up U.S. tariffs on more than 20,000 imported goods, sparking a global trade war that deepened the Great Depression at home and spread it abroad...
Erlendur is, in fact, fictional. He's a sullen detective created by Arnaldur Indridason, 47, a former film critic who started writing crime novels a decade ago. Indridason has attracted a huge following in Iceland and increasingly abroad, ever since the German version of Jar City came out in 2003. He's now translated into 36 languages, and has sold more than five million books worldwide. Indridason is currently working on his 10th Erlendur novel. The most recent, Arctic Chill, was published in September. An Icelandic movie of Jar City came out in 2006 and a Hollywood producer has already...
...enable undergraduates to take part in a “significant international experience,” according to the University’s Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez. In April, Rockefeller donated a separate $100 million to the University that will be used to bolster study abroad programs and arts education. The amount awarded to each student will be based on the program or project proposal and demonstrated financial need, according to an e-mail sent to the student body from College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds. To be eligible for consideration, the proposed program or plan must...
...though, it will not be the creative paralysis that defines Bush. It will be his intellectual laziness, at home and abroad. Bush never understood, or cared about, the delicate balance between freedom and regulation that was necessary to make markets work. He never understood, or cared about, the delicate balance between freedom and equity that was necessary to maintain the strong middle class required for both prosperity and democracy. He never considered the complexities of the cultures he was invading. He never understood that faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for myopia and foolishness. He is less than...