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...editors of a leading Japanese newspaper worried about the gap in civilization between Japan and the West: "What a difference there is between Japan, and either England or the United States in strength, wealth and civilization!... But our movements towards civilization would attract no notice in a country of the cultured West, where progress is constant and perpetual...
...level of student input is the Institute's inability to offer students a genuine opportunity for leadership. Students can remain unpaid posterers and administrative assistants only for so long. Other Harvard student organizations have always provided undergraduates the opportunity to be independent leaders, hurting the Institute's ability to attract students in past years. As the number of student organizations at Harvard has increased, the number of students who wish to be heavily involved at the Institute has dwindled. The problem is not how to structure the body of students who are involved at the Institute; the problem...
...saving to have her eyes made rounder. By the time she has finished her plastic surgery, Lek will have lost all traces of the classical Thai beauty that propelled her from a poor village to the brothels of Bangkok. But she is confident her new appearance will attract more customers. "I look more like a luk kreung, and that's more beautiful," she says...
...Market Theater is a private, independent performing arts organization that hopes to attract and focus on new theatrical talent in the Boston area...
...creator of the World is Knut Kloster Jr., a cruise-industry veteran whose father founded what is now Norwegian Cruise Line. Kloster originally planned a ship with 286 condos and 183 hotel rooms. After scaling back, he was able to attract investors, including the Continental Casualty Co., a subsidiary of Chicago-based insurance giant CNA Financial Corp. But to persuade penta-millionaires to buy, ResidenSea assembled a cadre of credible associates, including its blue-chip investor Silversea Cruises, which will manage maritime and hotel operations. ResidenSea also marketed through sophisticated make-believe. Inside a factory near Vienna, the company built...