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...provisions allowing the government to protect national brands. And it's true that Beijing is hardly the first government to kill a foreign acquisition for political reasons, even in defense of less-than-strategic industries. The French rescued yogurt company Danone from the clutches of PepsiCo a few years ago. But Beijing didn't justify its decision on "national economic development" grounds, the part of the law that allows protection of popular brands. It cited the need to protect consumers, an unconvincing reason to some legal experts...
...chatted with Benzer about dating, dropping the H-bomb, and picking up the phone for Mom mid-makeout. 1. Fifteen Minutes: What compelled you to write your books and articles about dating?Alex Benzer: I was a pre-med tutor at Cabot House a few years ago, and I’d sit down with the students, have dinner with them, and one of the favorite topics of conversation was dating, and how little of it happens on the Harvard campus. I had gone and figured out some things and taken some classes and gathered some resources, so I thought...
...easy to see why. Chandeliers hang from the ceiling, light shines in through the windows, and the busts and portraits of Harvard legends line the walls. Located on the second floor of University Hall, the room has been renovated to look identical to the way it was 100 years ago, when former University President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, presided over Faculty meetings...
What I wasn’t prepared for was starvation. For example, a week ago I strolled into Adams—a Quadling safe-house of sorts—to swipe in for my nighttime sustenance, only to be confronted by a foreboding sign “No Interhouse Dining”. The sign could just as well have been in Quincy, Lowell, or Winthrop. It might as well have read “Community Dining,” or “Screw you, Asli. Eat your left pinkie, for all I care...
...students see an opportunity here, much to their credit, to re–double their efforts–to start companies or join startups where just a year ago they would primarily have joined multinationals firms almost by default,” he said...