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...strong the economy grows. Already there are signs that momentum may be slowing: the estimated 3.1% annualized growth rate posted in the U.S. in the fourth quarter is the weakest in two years. Naím even predicts a battle in Washington between fiscal conservatives, who advocate a hands-on approach to managing the budget, and what he calls "starve-the-beasters," more ideological proponents who would like nothing more than to see some public programs bankrupted. (Here, too, are echoes of the Reagan years.) Naím expects the fiscal conservatives will be defeated in this contest...
...generally lazy. (Indeed, my classmates are among the least lazy crop of human beings I have ever encountered.) Rather, my argument was that Harvard’s combination of drift, lack of intellectual guidance, and inflated grades encourages a slothful and “creatively lazy” approach to academics—one that fits in neatly with widespread campus attitudes, because it leaves more time for the diligent cultivation of the extracurricular activities, internships, social networks, and general résumé-building that make up, for many people, the dominant part of a Harvard education...
...another senior professor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Summers’ hands-on approach to administration has impinged on Kirby’s ability to push his own initiatives...
...issues of international, domestic and Harvard policy. In particular, we fall on all sides of the recent controversy over Summers’ remarks on women in science. But a semester of engaging with Summers has shown us his commitment to teaching and scholarship. He adopted a provocative and challenging approach to difficult questions in the spirit of expanding the bounds of our knowledge. And this, above all, ought to be the primary goal of any academic institution...
...problem for North Korea," but there will be "benefits that they might anticipate from solving [the nuclear] issue." But U.S. officials concede that it's going to take time to get the five other participants?Japan and Russia being the other two powers?to come up with a unified approach that will cajole Kim out of his defiant crouch. For now, both publicly and privately, the Bush Administration is playing good cop, insisting it simply wants to return to the six-party format, that diplomatic and economic goodies await North Korea at the end of those talks, and that...