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George W. Bush and the Iranians are locked in a diplomatic game of "Who's crazier?" With six months left in office, no political capital at home or abroad, and a uniformed military ready to rebel at the first talk of a new war, the Bush Administration is left with simply the threat of military strikes, kept eternally "on the table" in hopes of bluffing Tehran into a compromise on its nuclear program...
Dominguez said the Initiative, created to facilitate research and teaching about South Asia, hopes to create a study abroad program in Mumbai, but that local laws and difficulties finding a suitable partner institution have limited them to aiding with internship placement for the time being...
...Center also hopes to launch a study abroad program out of the office there beginning in fall...
...these international openings are not without their challenges, Harvard officials say, and in many cases local regulations have complicated expansion efforts as with study abroad in India or executive education in China...
...though for different reasons. The same attractions that make France the world's top destination for 92 million foreign visitors each year, says de Roux, also explain why more than 85% of French citizens vacation in-country - and wind up spoiled by it when they leave. "When they go abroad, French travelers demand the same quality they'd get at home," de Roux says. "Americans, by contrast, demand the same exceptional service they are used to at home, which is why they rank as the loudest, most inclined to complain and among the least polite...