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Pocketbook issues loom large in Spaniards' minds as they prepare to vote amid gathering signs of an economic downturn. Unemployment reached 8.6% in January, the first quarterly rise since 2003. And though most of Zapatero's term was marked by continued economic expansion - begun under his Popular Party predecessor, José María Aznar - up to one-quarter of GDP growth over the past seven years has been linked to housing starts. The resulting housing glut stemmed above all from overconfidence about tourism and speculation on second-home purchases. But José García-Montalvo, an economics professor...
...continuing its efforts to make University collections more digitally accessible, recently launching a new online library collection entitled, “Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics.” The compilation is the newest addition to the Library’s Open Collections Program, an initiative begun in 2002 to digitize the University’s books, photographs, and other historical artifacts and make them accessible to individuals around the world, including people not affiliated with Harvard. The program—led by HUL Associate Director Barbara S. Graham and archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff—catalogs material...
...though, it seems that the time is always and the place is everywhere. Plus, the proliferation of religious groups lining the Square cannot only be attributed to evangelicals and feminist Christians. Instead, the large number of proselytizers infiltrating the “Peoples’ Republic” has begun to expand to include newer religions looking for recruits. Now, for example, a Harvard student en route to Qdoba could actually get a side of Scientology with their burrito. There are rumors of a roving booth manned by people in coordinated outfits peddling books by L. Ron Hubbard, founder...
...year-old Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations has begun a new era under the leadership of Harvard Kennedy School Professor Christopher Stone. The Faculty Chair of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management will serve as the second Faculty Director of the Center. The Hauser Center “seeks to expand understanding and accelerate critical thinking about civil society among scholars, practitioners, policy makers and the general public.” Since it was founded in 1997, the Center has been led by Professor Mark H. Moore, who will remain a part of the Executive Team as Faculty...
...already begun receiving shipments of desperately needed fuel oil under the February 2007 agreement - perhaps one of the reasons some of the lights did finally come on in downtown Pyongyang once the sun went down on the first day of the Philharmonic's visit - and there's more fuel on the way. Some diplomats in the region say Kim's behavior has been drearily predictable. As one describes it: "Agree to a deal, then fiddle around, backtrack - and then try to get even a better deal later: more energy assistance, more economic assistance...