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...Curricular Review: Every so often, the powers that be at Harvard get together and try to articulate anew what it means to be an educated person. The last such review, in the mid-1970’s, resulted in a document that laid the foundations for today’s Core. Last Spring, under the leadership of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross, and Associate Dean of the College Jeffrey Wolcowitz, the College released the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR) report. Among its recommendations were calls to do away with the Core...
Every four years, Democrats appeal to us black voters, and our hopes are raised; then they forget us, and we grumble. Another election, and the game begins anew. African Americans and Democrats are in a marriage of convenience: we live under the same roof, but black folk sleep on the couch night after night, for four years at a time. Yet tonight, and until Election Day, the bedroom door is open. For better or for worse, till death do us part, we're married. But, honey, it doesn't mean we're happy about it. LAWRENCE R. CRUMPTON Sydney
According to the current contract, the University must put forth its “best effort” to transform 60 percent of custodial jobs into full-time positions by November 2005, when negotiations with the union will begin anew...
Such benefits provide the basis for horticultural therapy (HT), a field with deep historical roots that is blossoming anew in light of research like Ulrich's. Ancient writings show that the Egyptians thought gardening activities to be beneficial, says Nancy Easterling, president of the 700-member American Horticultural Therapy Association. In the modern era veterans' organizations used gardening as physical and emotional therapy for soldiers returning from World Wars I and II. But only since the 1970s has horticultural therapy emerged as a distinct discipline used in hospitals, rehabilitation centers and even prisons. Many public gardens, arboretums and conservatories...
...Arbour was instrumental in raising the profile of the tribunal from relative obscurity to what many believe to be the most effective international criminal court ever. She returned home when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1999. Her international influence is only likely to grow anew when she assumes, in June, the position of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, to which Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently named...