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(2 of 2) Qianlong was a true connoisseur. He not only admired bronzes from China's earliest dynasties, classical paintings and calligraphy, but he also wrote about them - sometimes on the works themselves. He stamped his approval on a piece quite literally, and his seals seem to be everywhere. For...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art Of Power | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

While he knows that they have the skill necessary to be a formidable force in a few years, the usual concerns about whether they’ll acquire the intangibles—like the mental toughness necessary to compete and thrive in the grueling Ivy schedule—cause the...

Author: By Joseph L. Abel and Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: Mining Talent Hard Task in Ivy League | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

China’s Fudan University in Shanghai has purchased 6,357 different textbooks from Harvard, ranging from all subjects and departments, and spending more than $200,000 over the past two years. In a phone interview yesterday, Zeng F. Qin, Director of Fudan University Library, described conceiving of the...

Author: By Joyce Y. Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: University Buys Harvard Textbooks | 11/10/2005 | See Source »

Nearly eight months after the Harvard College Curricular Review’s (HCCR) Committee on General Education submitted the first, abortive draft of its recommendations, its final document is complete. Underlying the recommendations is a guiding vision of interdisciplinarity, accountability, and flexibility that previous drafts conspicuously lacked. They stress cross...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: A Free Market for Gen Ed | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

Over the next few years, the threesome set up pilot programs in Uganda and Gambia, where with the support of Save the Children and the local governments, they helped acquire motorcycles and train riders and technicians. In Lesotho they built a fleet of 47 bikes that delivered health-care services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Motorcycle Riders | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

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