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Wen’s address, to be delivered at Harvard Business School’s Burden Hall, will come as part of a packed schedule that includes a luncheon with top Massachusetts officials, a visit to New York City and a meeting with President Bush...
...order to eliminate the financial burden on students from a typical summer of volunteering, Elias and Kalamchi have dedicated themselves to intensive grant writing, and initiated appeals to individuals, foundations and universities. By being close to but independent from Harvard, Elias and Kalamchi avoid possible donors playing the Harvard card. “People would ask, ‘You go to Harvard, so why can’t they support you?’” says Elias. Though their position as a non-profit allows them to appeal to philanthropic groups which wouldn’t normally...
...search is on for the antidote. At a high-rise building in central Seoul, hundreds of debtors recently waited for interviews at a new government agency, the Credit Recovery Supporting Service, set up to help them reschedule their debt. So far 17,000 people have had their burden eased?a fraction of total defaulters. Meanwhile, in a dingy suburb across town, the agency holds 90-minute cash-management classes. The teacher, former banker Kim Seung Duck, loudly exhorts borrowers to embrace the habits of the rich by "loving money and saving." Under the white glare of fluorescent lights, middle-aged...
...know, who do you think can shake their groove thing? … If you get sick, who’s going to hold your hair back? ... If you see a cutie across the room, who’s going to be your wing man?” The burden rests on young voters to show the candidates for president that they are worthy of and interested in getting their attention. While the question was funny and generated priceless interactions between the candidates, it came at a great cost. As the candidates left Faneuil Hall that Tuesday, they were probably...
...sovereign Iraqi government, which is to be installed on that date. The administration sees the hand-over of political power from Ambassador Paul Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority to an Iraqi provisional government as the essential step in getting Iraqis to assume a greater share of the security burden and defeating the insurgency...