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...dollars and years of work would be needed to fully endow the nation’s great newspapers. Even National Public Radio, which began to accumulate an endowment following a $225 million gift in 2003, relies on the fund for just a small fraction of its total budget. The aim of converting The Globe to a non-profit is to avert catastrophe, not to create a new model for newspapers...
Look how far we've come. That is the aim of the 100-day retrospective, to assess our new leaders after they've had enough time to take action but before they've solidified their legacy. And although it seems like an arbitrary measure - if something happens on the 101st day, is it somehow less important? - Presidents can get a surprising amount done in their first three-and-some-odd months. (See behind-the-scenes pictures of Obama...
...company, housing is a fundamental need. Asking these students to find temporary housing elsewhere because their activities are not explicitly tied to the College would be unreasonable—not only because it disproportionately affects students with fewer financial resources, but also because it runs counter to the original aim of the “January Experience...
...MenSpeakUp campaign is part startup, part social movement. Beginning right here at Harvard, we aim to continue the important work of women and men before us and join those who are currently working toward our goals. Through the creation of a team of dedicated men and an online website, we plan to make a meaningful and measurable impact across our campus and society. We are a new resource for men who strive to serve as positive examples of respectful manhood, who desire to take action against all forms of sexual violence and gender inequality...
...Indeed, the current army chief, Rookmangud Katawal, has a reputation for being a strident royalist and Maoist baiter. Katawal had been adopted by Mahendra, the father of King Gyanendra, whom the Maoists fought hard to bring down in their aim to abolish the monarchy. The army chief has long resisted the induction of the PLA into the Nepal army, and he courted trouble last November by beginning recruitment of 3,000 new soldiers before any former PLA guerrillas had been folded in - a move made without permission from the Ministry of Defense and against the provisions of the peace agreement...