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...enrollment languages can be the “kinds of courses that prepare students for life in a global society” and are often excellent preparation for international careers. Danielle C. Kijewski ’11, a concentrator in Slavic Languages and Literatures, hopes to use her language background in a career in the State Department. She said, “With the ever-increasing ease of world-wide communication and international cooperation, it is more important than ever for students to become well-versed in foreign languages.” Chaput added, “Given that Harvard...
...Juno”—generally center on adolescence, a morass of complexities that tends to subsume any secondary themes. Once they graduate high school, women tend to disappear from the screen in any meaningful way entirely, fading away as stock types, or arm candy, or background characters...
...know what you have to say, even though, in person, not even your wife does. So I asked O'Neal how he does it. "To this day, I don't remember myself ever missing a shot, missing a free throw or losing a game. That comes from a military background. Move on. Always move on," he said. I have no doubt that if I mentioned his movie Kazaam, he'd have no idea what I was talking about. Although neither would anyone else. (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds...
...concentrators, had little if any idea what private equity was, or what this sable stone was meant to connote. But that was what the Industry Expert was for. With hundreds of hours of summer investment banking experience in his back pocket, the Expert was solicited to give the necessary background briefing, advise on wardrobe and generally translate the bramble of acronyms—BAAM, 3(a)9, EBITDA—that infest recruiters' slideshows. It was the Expert who counseled against wearing mesh shorts to the Sheraton. It was the Expert who was expected to know who Blackstone...
...Pakistan's weak civilian government also views Iranian influence as a potential foil to that of Saudi Arabia, which has stronger ties with the opposition. Government officials privately accuse the Saudis of being prejudiced toward Zardari because of his Shi'ite background. (Shi'ites are an embattled minority in Saudi Arabia, whose dominant Wahabi strand of Islam deems them heretics.) But Pakistan's response to Iran will ultimately be determined by the all-powerful military establishment. And, analysts say, the army is a great deal more wary of Iran's regional aspirations. "They are not really allies," says Christine Fair...