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...fixed level. In 1986, two great dreamers, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, met in Iceland with the aim of total nuclear disarmament. The duo failed, but their talks set the stage for the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty--the only agreement ever to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Arms-Control Agreements | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...without a leather cover, the steering is scorching hot in the sun. The Maruti 800 - India's original people's car before the Nano came along - looks dated. The modest hatchback, and the Bajaj Chetak, India's answer to the Vespa, captured the imagination of the Indian middle class in the 70s and 80s and kept them buying for decades. But the small car and the scooter, long ubiquitous on roads throughout India, are no longer the toast of India's aspiring middle class. Over the last month, both companies have announced that they will be phasing out these beloved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of an Era to Two Indian Road Classics | 4/11/2010 | See Source »

...announcement, though sudden, was not surprising. With the staid middle-aged consumers of India's middle class giving way to urbanites and youngsters with a lot of disposable cash, not much hope was left for these two modest modes of transport. A Maruti-Suzuki spokesperson says the company made a conscious decision to phase out the car as the definition of "people" - in order words, India' vast middle classes - has transformed in the last two decades. In January 2010 sales of the M800 were down 55% over the same period the previous year as Indians opt for cars with features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of an Era to Two Indian Road Classics | 4/11/2010 | See Source »

...seniors actually apply to Harvard? According to the admissions office, the 30,000-strong applicant pool for Harvard’s Class of 2014—give or take a few hundred—does not include transfer applicants. Repeated (second or multiple-time applicants) can be ignored because they are nearly negligible in number. From this pool, around 5,000 are international citizens. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said these 5,000 students were “foreign by citizenship but any number may have applied from the United States...

Author: By Thomas J. Hwang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Admissions: One in Sixty | 4/10/2010 | See Source »

...addition to the four implemented Web sites, another major component of the UC’s increased online initiative this spring has yet to come to fruition: an online class study guide library...

Author: By Janie M. Tankard, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Launches New Online Initiatives | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

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