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What they won’t see is the stagnation outside the urban wonderland, particularly the ever-widening urban-rural gap that threatens the core of China’s social structure. Despite the country’s progress in the last two decades, it cannot reach its full economic potential until it bridges this disparity...
...suppressed March 2005 “draft final report,” a copy of which was obtained by The Crimson, recommended replacing the Core with a mixture of distributional requirements and as-yet vaguely defined “Harvard College Courses.” Though the Harvard College Courses will likely exist, they will do so under a more unassuming moniker...
...both to fill in details lacking from their previous report—such as what Harvard College Courses could look like—and to provide more justification for the foundation of their recommendations by answering questions such as “Why one should move onward from the core,” Maier said...
...credited with turning around the ailing Chrysler business in the U.S., will be hoping he can work a similar feat with Daimler. A new, streamlined strategy would help. "Instead of continuing to meddle with too many products in too many markets, they need to concentrate on their core business," says Rolf Drees, an analyst with asset management company Union Investment. "The new CEO may achieve just that." Though Schrempp is on his way out, DaimlerChrysler's numbers are looking up. The group's net profits were up 28% to 3737 million last quarter, while sales grew 4% to 338.4 billion...
...specifically mentioned as examples two Core courses related to engineering have been designed to appeal widely to undergraduates. The courses, which focus on the interplay of engineering and society, are Quantitative Reasoning 48, “Bits,” taught by McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68, and Science A-52, “Energy, Environment and Industrial Development,” co-taught by McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering Frederick H. Abernathy and Butler Professor of Environmental Studies Michael B. McElroy...