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Harvard structures students' academic experiences to afford the greatest possible freedom to design individual programs. Students normally enroll in four classes each term. Their plan of study includes work in their concentration, the Core Curriculum, Expository Writing, and Foreign Language...
...today. Whether or not it's the world's best youth orchestra (many European music writers say it's still not up to the likes of Germany's Junge Deutsche Philharmonie), few are as vibrant, as it showed in its rousing Carnegie Hall debut in 2007. Abreu describes its core personality as "energy, passion, virtuosity," a "primordial, ardent Latin vitality combined with a high level of technical rigor." The orchestra almost always draws on its vast Latin American repertoire - in the U.S. this week it's playing Venezuelan composer Evencio Castellanos' symphonic suite, Santa Cruz de Pacairigua, which uses joropo...
...what would take the greenback's place? Economists say that China's suggestion of turning to SDRs might be viable, since SDRs are already considered a core part of central-bank reserves. But global traders would have to begin denominating transactions in SDRs instead of dollars, and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon. Portes of the London Business School says using SDRs as the top international currency is "not impossible," but he adds that "the fundamental problem is that the issuer of the [international] currency also has to be the lender of last resort. The IMF does...
...Russian term for restructuring, initiates and affects a profound upheaval in the emotional and spiritual lives of its characters. As the vague connections between all six main characters begin to develop into close relationships, the masks slip from their faces, revealing what truly lies at their core. The most gentle characters, like Harper and Belize, turn out to have the greatest strength of mind and character, while characters that are accustomed to controlling the people closest to them, such as Joe and Roy, lose their power throughout the course of the play.In the end, a total catharsis has occurred...
Shape Shifting. If the long winter has left you a bit doughy, the Gansevoort Turks & Caicos' Exhale Spa is offering monthly Core Intensive Weekends, starting May 14-17, to help get you back to buff. You'll endure daily Pilates-style fitness classes, plus one 60-minute massage for recovery purposes. If you want to stay on and just sit like a slug on the beach, the hotel has a special opening rate of $295 per night, which includes an oceanview suite, breakfast, a daily fitness class and 35% off at the spa. Rates for the fitness weekend, start...