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...three words, describe the ideal president of Harvard. JR: [Long pause.] I would say: visionary, broadly-educated—if I can count that as one word—and [pause] responsive. FM: And three words to describe President Summers? JR: Oh, that’s kind of mean. FM: Fair enough. I’ll ask another mean one. What is most annoying about President Summers? JR: I suppose it’s a certain impatience he has that’s most annoying. But I don’t think that’s at the heart...
...number of filled seats is preferable to students’ being coerced into attending poor-quality lectures due to the unavailability of online materials. Moreover, even the best students miss lectures for innocent reasons and should have access to course recordings. The interests of these students should count at least as much as those of the students who take advantage of lecture recordings to skip class. In the absence of recorded lectures, conscientious students are effectively penalized when they miss class for reasons such as illness. While recordings may lack some of the benefits of live lectures, they far surpass...
...sure that "that fool" Preval did not win in a second round. Thus the continuation of the opposing political agendas that have haunted this country since it became the first independent black nation in 1804: The impoverished majority will accept nothing less than Preval, regardless of the actual vote count; most of the wealthy elite will fight to retain the status quo and keep him out of power. The election that offered the potential for a fresh start appears instead to have revealed that Haiti's crippling social divisions still drive its politics...
...that separate celebrations be held for the groom, the bride, their engagement and their families and friends. So Chopra, a prominent New Delhi physician, plans to throw five parties over seven days. He expects the festivities to set him back tens of thousands of dollars-and that doesn't count the wedding itself. "I tell you," he says, "the wedding business is the best bloody business in India...
...enrolled in “American Economic Policy,” is trying to find a solution for thesis-writers. “The professors have been very flexible,” De Abreu said. “They have given the option of having the final count more for seniors.” Jeffrey B. Liebman, professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, said that he will allow thesis-writers in Economics 1420 to skip the midterm. “If a student has a thesis due between 7 days before or 7 days after...