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...countries - China, India, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the U.S., Brazil, Germany, Russia, and Turkey. China alone accounts for nearly 30% of all smokers worldwide. Currently, only 5% of the world's population lives in countries - predominately in Western Europe - that have any antismoking policies in place. "These are straightforward and common sense measures within the reach of every country, regardless of income level," said Chan...
...particularly the girls. They are marrying later and having fewer offspring. Children are learning much needed life skills. More important, there is now hope. Despite staggering odds, kids are thinking about the future. There is new respect for the rule of law and support for democracy. Children are learning common languages and even playing soccer together. Schools are not simply teaching the three Rs--they are nation-building...
...courses as pursuits and given over entirely to thinking of them as obligations. A favorite word to look for in the Q is ‘painless’, as if the predominant emotion felt in a class is otherwise pain and misery. A study card has more in common now with an income tax form than with an expression of intellectual curiosity. It’s easy to file this commentary into a bin of wistful idealism, but there are very real ramifications to the rampant quantification of our academic life. The Q simply wasn’t designed...
...institution, art museums have the power to transform the raw materials of culture into intellectually elevated Works Of Art. The MFA and “Mirrorball” make no bones about these kind of aspirations: “at their best, these music promos have more in common with groundbreaking short cinema than commercial flash.” But do they really? At last Saturday’s “Global Selection” screening, a few of the videos on display lived up to their high-art billing. Karina Garcia Casanova’s video...
After returning to campus, the Harvard Democrats and Republicans assembled in the Winthrop Junior Common Room to watch the results over pizza and soda...