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...before halftime.“We just had trouble getting into our offense,” Harris said. “We’re not [used to] facing teams with their size, speed and athleticism. They were denying the entry passes to the wing, which was pretty much basic to our offense.”At one point during Michigan’s extended rally, Harvard went 6:29 without scoring a point. The Crimson shot just 6-of-27 in the first half, 22 percent, and headed to the locker room down 39-17. The squad improved...
...Amidst the whole debate over the ethics of the global diamond trade that is explored in the new Leonardo DiCaprio film Blood Diamond, this basic question often gets lost. How did they become the norm for the about-to-be-married couple? What is it about those particular gemstones, which are notoriously hard in structure and (perhaps) even harder on the wallet, that makes them so desirable in the first place? And what does it say about you if you really want one? Or really...
Rather than focus on differences, the true dialogue between the Pope and Islam, and between secularized societies and Islamic ones, should emphasize our common, universal values: mutual respect of human rights, basic freedoms, rule of law and democracy. Though most of the media attention is directed at a marginal minority of radicals, millions of European Muslims are quietly proving every day that they can live perfectly well in secular societies and share a strong ethical pedestal with Jews, Christians and atheist humanists...
...Like many foreign observers of India's economic emergence, Luce starts by laying out the basic problem: the "curiously lopsided" way in which India's economy has boomed. Why does a country that is home to advanced high-tech and manufacturing companies still have about 400 million illiterate people and high unemployment? In so many aspects of its economy, Luce notes, "India finds itself higher on the ladder than one would expect it to be," yet "most of its population are still standing at the bottom." Many articles and books on India end here, but Luce explains the reasons...
...primary schools. That's produced a class of English-speaking engineering graduates who can compete with anyone in the world. But the flip side of diverting a big chunk of the education budget to create and run sophisticated universities is that millions of Indians have been left without basic education. Another puzzle is why only 7 million Indians?as opposed to 100 million in China?are employed in the formal manufacturing sector. A major reason is that state laws make it very difficult for factories to lay off workers, Luce explains. As a result, Indian capitalists invest in advanced, efficient...