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...China have proved that opposites do indeed attract - even economically speaking. China is thrifty to a fault; the U.S. (until recently, anyway) reveled in spending money it didn't have. China was more than happy to send America its excess savings, in the form of investments in U.S. government debt, because that kept interest rates down, which kept consumers spending, which kept the Chinese exporters producing...
...effort to attract more students and reduce the twelve pages its requirements fill in the student handbook, the Classics department unanimously approved a final draft of a new, more flexible curriculum on Tuesday afternoon, according to the department’s director of undergraduate studies, Mark J. Schiefsky. The new set of requirements no longer includes the department’s unique general exams or its decades-old mandatory reading list, although they remain popular with many students. Its seven tracks of study are being reduced to two—Classical Civilizations and Classical Languages and Literatures. The latter track...
...this city can’t attract the momentum that’s going to make this a standalone part of the Harvard campus, it’s going to become a backyard,” said Allston Task Force member John Cusack...
...will be more effective rather than less effective because we are going directly to the individuals,” Fitzsimmons said. Cutting back on high school visits has been on the table for some time now, said Fitzsimmons. He said that these visits are only sparsely attended and attracting promising applicants in this setting is “the random luck of the draw.”“This [cutback] actually gives us opportunity to start recruiting in a way that we think is more competitive,” Fitzsimmons said. “Our own focus groups...
...concert hall, because they know every word by heart, but they’ve never heard them sung or set to Mozart’s music. It’s become the most performed piece of music written in the last 50 years.THC: So you are trying to attract an audience of people who would never have considered attending a classical music concert?RK: Yes. In order to get audience members to come who normally wouldn’t, I go on AM call-in radio shows and offer four free tickets to people who seem to hate classical music...