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...there is the beginning of an attempt to do so. Over the years, the judgment of ratings agencies has become enshrined in countless laws and private contracts; ratings are a key yardstick in how state and federal regulators determine the safety of banks, insurance companies, money-market mutual funds and other parts of the financial system. Over the summer, the SEC proposed some rules that would start the reform movement at home, undoing the agency's own dependence on the ratings agencies. (Read "A Brief History Of: Ratings Agencies...
...more likely to pursue their own Ph.D.s—are inclined to send their offspring to smaller schools, where they know they will be able to get attention from faculty. For his part, James H. Stock, chair of the Harvard economics department, cited the College’s attempt to provide personal advice and individualized counseling as a reason for the large number of eventual economics doctorates...
...professional artistic pedigree to a student-organized open-mic and slam poetry event that aimed to spur creative discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sponsored by the Progressive Jewish Alliance, the Society of Arab Students, and the Harvard Spoken Word Society, yesterday’s event marked an innovative attempt at using an artistic performance to address issues of faith and politics, according to Jason W. Schnier ’11, chair of the Progressive Jewish Alliance. “[The event] was conceptualized as a new way to engage with the Middle East conflict, and a different...
...Indeed, in many cases, the desperate effort to add on more courses and yet more extracurricular activities does seem like a frantic attempt to fill time. Students cram the day with meetings and work so that there is not the slightest opportunity for conversation. Summer vacation? Internship. Winter vacation? Fall back on the middle-school tactic and ask for extra work, formally known as the J-term...
...Blagojevich and his brother pleaded not guilty at the arraignment in Chicago on Tuesday, it had already become clear that this high-profile case was anything but a simple matter. For starters, the charge that has drawn the most attention, his alleged attempt to auction off Obama's Senate seat, may not be one of the strongest charges. A jury may be more susceptible to the allegation that the "Blagojevich Enterprise" tried to shake down officials at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood for campaign contributions. More precisely, an executive at the hospital was urged...