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...against that kind of competition, it’s tough,” she said. “The meet is getting faster. There is always pressure to perform well for yourself and Harvard, but I’m happy with my performance. I look forward to the next chapter of my life.” Despite the senior’s departure, the performance of freshman Alexandra Clarke offers hope for the future. “[Clarke] was just out of scoring range, so it’s comforting for the next three years,” Bassi said...
While Alitalia represents a final chapter in the consolidation of European flag carriers, Spinetta insists that the next big development in the sector--transatlantic deregulation--will send shock waves around the globe. The U.S. and E.U. recently agreed on a long-sought open-skies accord. "And things change considerably from there. That won't just lead to reinforced partnerships between airlines but will also encourage other open-skies treaties between the U.S. and Asia, and Asia and the E.U." In other words, the real battle of the world's skies is only starting--just as Air France can feel confident...
Only after reading Jerry Kaplan's book on GO Corp.--a former tech high flyer that flamed out--did Alvelda realize the marketability of a concept contained in a chapter of his 1995 Ph.D. thesis. That concept begat MicroDisplay, his first start-up, that same year and united his twin passions: education and technology. "There is an aspect of education and communication that helps people to grow personally that I never anticipated as part of the corporate world," he says...
Both of these initiatives are part of Bok’s ongoing efforts to study methods to improve undergraduate education, a subject about which he has written extensively. In his 2006 book “Our Underachieving Colleges,” Bok devotes a chapter to the subject of undergraduate writing, drawing from a four-year study conducted by Sommers between 1997 and 2001. The study tracked the writing of 400 students to “gain a better understanding of the role writing plays in a college education,” according to the Expos Web site...
...purpose of 449 pages of opinion on entering a war four years after the fact? If this is a protest novel, it comes a bit late. Say it ain’t so, Jane.Smiley finds a measure of redemption in her beautiful evocations of interiority. Each chapter is narrated by one character, and, like a skilled cinematographer, Smiley deftly zooms in and out.If Smiley’s ability to render consciousness is breathtaking, her skills at creating dialogue are as well, but for the opposite reason. Smiley allows her egotistical characters to indulge in uninterrupted story recitations—open...