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...disembowelled Hilles Library, which is set to become new space for student groups. I wasn’t expecting to be impressed. In just a couple of months, I was certain, the once-iconic Hilles would be transformed into a kind of inside-out Pompidou Centre with an interior beset by soul-killing bathroom stalls...
...Administration beset by troubles, from the war in Iraq and the Medicare drug benefit confusion to, most recently, the controversial ports management deal with the United Arab Emirates, India represents something of a bright spot. While the Iraq War has caused notable strains between the U.S. and many of its Western allies, the two formidable countries have actually grown closer in recent years - the product of increased trade, a joint struggle against Islamic-based terrorists and a commitment to common democratic values. "The trip will underscore the very dramatic strides that have taken place in the relationship," says Robert Hathaway...
...well as its alleged quashing of dissenting scientists (see story on page 37). Although that record has certainly roiled the scientific community at home, experts in business and academia have been warning for decades that U.S. science was heading for trouble for three simple reasons. The Federal Government, beset by deficits for most of the past three decades, has steadily been cutting back on investment in research and development. Corporations, under increasing pressure from their stockholders for quick profits, have been doing the same and focusing on short-term products. And the quality of education in math and science...
...from having lost the presidency to Woodrow Wilson, he undertook the descent of the scarily named Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt, an unmapped tributary of the Amazon. Millard charts the trip Roosevelt called his "last chance to be a boy," which was a calamity. The travelers were beset by piranhas; starvation; rapids; malaria; mutiny; Indians with poison-tipped arrows; and tiny Amazonian fish that attack the, um, loins. In the dark of the jungle, delirious with fever, threatening suicide, the indomitable ex-President transforms into an existential hero straight out of Joseph Conrad...
...Beset by delays and doubts throughout its three-year development, the curricular review received another blow this weekend when its shepherd, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, resigned...