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...growing recognition that solutions are at hand, if old policies and mind-sets can be left behind. For years, environmental groups have lobbied U.S. and European lawmakers to shun agricultural projects that involve chemical fertilizers or genetically modified crops. Without those technologies "you cannot increase agricultural productivity," says Andrew Natsios, former chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and now a professor of international development at Georgetown University. A more flexible approach could dramatically improve the world's ability to feed itself. As proof, Natsios cites a USAID project that sent Afghan farmers a genetically modified wheat strain...
...Ethnic or postcolonial studies—the two closest versions available today—examine only partially the variety of ways in which humans interact in time and space.Luckily, the historical current does seem to be taking us into uncharted waters. As Hist and Lit Assistant Director of Studies Andrew Romig wrote in an email, “I think you’ll find that the academy in general… is moving toward more transnational categorizations, and that it will continue to do so with the increasing globalization of markets, communication systems, and systems of government...
...Department of Education issued new federal rules aimed at curtailing financial exploitation. Though these new policies were well intentioned, they were also more lenient than many state regulations already in place. The federal intervention could weaken current state laws and undo the accomplishments of New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo in convincing dozens of universities and lending corporations to agree upon a more stringent code of conduct in lender negotiations...
...where the team suffered a surprising 27-13 setback in its last visit in 2005—and at home against Lafayette were flanked by three more victories against Princeton, Dartmouth, and Columbia. “It was definitely a determined mentality [before Cornell],” junior cornerback Andrew Berry said. “We knew that sort of stumbling out of the gates that there was no room for error...[The coaching staff] stressed that we needed to have a sense of urgency because of the parity in the Ivy League.”Yet it wasn?...
...were very confident that we would go in a stop the run,” junior cornerback Andrew Berry said. “That’s been a strong suit of our defense over the last three years. We knew they hadn’t been challenged to throw the football. We were going to commit nine guys to the run and have [senior cornerback] Steve [Williams] and me challenge their receivers...