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Many bosses of western multinationals have Asia on their minds. Though Pope Benedict XVI's global conglomerate is focused on converts, not consumers, the Roman Catholic Church also appears to be shifting its gaze eastward. The Vatican held a special meeting on Jan. 19-20 to forge a new policy on China...
This follows several trips to Asia by top cardinals, and Benedict's choice last year to name then Archbishop of Mumbai (formerly Bombay ) Ivan Cardinal Dias as head of the powerful Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, which oversees all Catholic missions around the world...
...Vatican official said Benedict has been largely focused on "defense" - issues such as secularism and Islamic violence.Asia is a chance to go on the offensive. "The Pope is fundamentally European," the official notes, "but he knows the big opportunities for the future are in Asia." Benedict is expected to travel to Sydney in 2008, and could add Asian destinations to his itinerary...
...past three weeks, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, professors, teaching fellows (TFs), and many of our peers have exhorted us to fill out the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) evaluations of our courses. But apparently the deluge of spam, combined with all the other incentives FAS dreamt up (including course instructors’ promising to don fairy costumes on exam day and extra points on the final) have been insufficient in motivating Harvard students to respond. As of Friday, only 50.55 percent of students had completed the evaluations. Harvard has dangled plenty of carrots...
...incidence of one too many false fire alarms prompted Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 to send out a courteous but stern letter to undergraduates last week, reminding them that they could be expelled for tampering with fire safety equipment. The day after Gross penned the letter, a prankster sprayed a fire extinguisher throughout Canaday D, leading to the evacuation of the building and forcing students in D entryway to sleep elsewhere for the night. Although campus administrators state that the number of false alarms has not been abnormally high this year, a fair amount...