Word: columbia
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...helped create the United Nations' Human Development Index, which combines health and education data with per capita GDP to give a more complete view of the wealth of nations (the U.S. currently comes in 12th, while on per capita GDP alone, it ranks second). Stiglitz, a Columbia professor and former World Bank chief economist, advocates a "green net national product" that takes into account the depletion of natural resources. Also sure to come up in the French discussion is the currently fashionable idea of trying to include happiness in the equation...
From your lecture, you seem like a very modest person. How are you handling the adulation? -Vernon Hines, Columbia, Md.First off, I reject the premise. Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws. As for handling the response from people, this has been a tough time, and it has been greatly buoying to my spirits to have so many people rooting...
...deterioration of inner-city schools, as experts from academia, journalism, and the Boston Police Department have witnessed them. The roster of experts assembled to comment on “The Wire” and on the American drug trade included Boston Police Department deputy superintendent Nora Baston, Columbia sociologist Sudhir A. Venkatesh, and Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone. But the star of the panel was Simon himself, the creator and executive producer of “The Wire”.Simon began by speaking about the production and critical issues of the show...
...Hazlett said. “It was nice to get out and play in the sun, but it’s always kind of a shock coming back.” The training seems to have made a positive impact, as Harvard finds itself quite short on time. The Columbia-hosted Roar-ee Invitational marks the only other competitive play for the Crimson before the Ivy League championships in two weeks. Despite this short introduction to the spring season, the team has demonstrated critical poise so far. “Considering we’ve only had three weeks...
...Crimson (10-6, 2-0 Ivy) made easier work of Cornell (5-10. 0-2) on Friday than the 4-3 outcome indicates, thanks to a dominant doubles lineup and strong play at the top of the singles lineup. Saturday’s match against reigning league champion Columbia (7-5, 2-1), by contrast, was about as close as a match can be. Harvard beat the Lions on the strength of the bottom of its lineup, sealing its 4-3 victory with a clutch three-set win by freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans.In Saturday’s win, Harvard reaped...