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...Christopher Barrett, an economist at Cornell University who has studied food aid programs, said CARE's decision to abandon monetized food aid removes the taboo that has surrounded discussion over whether U.S. grain shipped to hungry mouths could actually be harmful. "The fact that they are willing to forgo significant funding sends a message," he says. "This has political ramifications in the U.S., as CARE has for 50 years been been the leading distributor of U.S. food aid. No one argues that [current food aid arrangements] are not inefficient; the question is whether they are also damaging...
...Chinese college graduates-warn that judging by America's current education efforts, the nation is already falling behind. "The competitiveness of the U.S. workforce depends on a strong educational foundation, particularly in the math and science skills required to succeed in the information-technology industry," says Craig R. Barrett, chairman of Intel. "We need to raise our sights and not tolerate the mediocrity we already have." John Chen, the chairman and ceo of Sybase, a California software company (and a man whose parents fled Shanghai for Hong Kong after the communists took over in China), says: "We are not equipped...
...Staff writer Barrett P. Kenny can be reached at bpkenny@fas.harvard.edu...
...second in the triple jump at the event. Strong Harvard performances dotted the pentathlon as well, with sophomore Shannon Flahive and senior co-captain Julia Pederson posting top-six finishes at outdoor Heps. The smaller men’s squad had several strong performers, too. Senior co-captain Sean Barrett, in his last season before joining the Marines, took first in the 10,000 meters at the outdoor Heptagonals Championships, and was also named All-Northeast Region. Junior Brian Holmquest put up the third-fastest 10,000-meter time in school history to win the Sam Howell Invitational in late...
...biological, and philosophical aspects of religion. There is deep engagement with both scientific method and religious traditions, and despite the fact that many of the scholars in the cognitive science of religion field differ widely in their worldviews, dialogue has been extremely fruitful. Drs. Scott Atran, Harvey Whitehouse, Justin Barrett, and Pascal Boyer are just a few notable scholars in the field whose works provide a good introduction this discipline which, on scientific grounds, takes seriously and has respect for the phenomenon of religious belief...