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...Core’s name back to General Education last spring, it literally wrote “flexibility” and “diversity” into the programme from its inception. We shouldn’t fret that Harvard hasn’t totally dismissed the concept of an undergraduate curriculum; General Education has been gutted so profoundly of coherence and meaning that no two Harvard students need ever have anything in common ever again—ego, ambition, and Facebook notwithstanding...
...departure from the Politburo of Zeng Qinghong, a Jiang ally who wielded enormous influence in the party. He had also stage-managed the promotion of several protégés to senior positions in the party's highest councils. And Hu had even managed to have his concept of "scientific development" - a catchphrase for implementing a more socially equitable, sustainable and deliberate approach to China's economic growth in coming years - enshrined in the party's constitution. (Jiang only managed to achieve such immortality for his pet philosophical catchphrases upon leaving office.) Hu's position is "completely consolidated" says...
Over the years, I have written about dozens of disasters as a reporter. Mostly because I would be embarrassed if I didn't, I keep an evacuation backpack stashed deep in the hall closet. But the truth is, I've never been satisfied with the concept. Yes, I think everyone has a responsibility to have three days of water and food, plus extra medications, if possible. But there is something wrong with those lists. They are too long and too short at the same time...
Mark Thompson's cover story "Flying Shame" unfortunately served up a one-sided, sensationalistic view of the V-22 Osprey program, full of inaccuracies and misleading to TIME's readers [Oct. 8]. The Osprey has taken a long time to move from a concept to extensive developmental and operational testing and now to its first combat deployment. It is sad that TIME's story failed to include the fact that in the past six years, the V-22 program had the most extensive technical and programmatic review in the history of aircraft. The cover and the story, which included dated...
...misplaced pride in their place of birth (though I suppose once they started taking people from New Jersey, they had to stay consistent). So here is my call, not for womanish leniency, but for more manful restrictions on the issuance of visas. As much as I support the concept of brain drain—it’s such an extravagance to send those we educate back to their countries of origin, to waste their education among non-American peoples—the very presence of foreigners on our soil (especially that of the wild Canadian hordes) makes my skin...