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...school with a global interest, we need to have more connections with European economic trends, from European integration, to the Euro, to the growth of financial markets there,” said Professor Dwight B. Crane, head of HBS’ European Research Initiative...
...Crane said HBS recognized the need for more direct, centralized interaction with Europe...
Work on the multi-million-dollar project involved erecting a 180-foot-tall crane with a 300-foot-long boom to lift equipment into the inner courtyard of the building. The crane was removed last year as the project wound down...
...Part giddy bird-watcher and part environmentalist railing against big business, Matthiessen can sketch the fleeting sight of a rare blue crane beating its wings against the African sky in a few lithe words, then explain in detail the ecological effect of modern development. (Accompanying Matthiessen's descriptions are Robert Bateman's evocative illustrations, a blend of photographic naturalism and warm impressionism.) Although the writer's encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world occasionally makes the book slow going, he has an eye for essential details that cut through the nomenclature. For example: the crane has had the misfortune to live...
...serendipity of Korea's DMZ, sadly, is a rare example of contemporary man's benevolent effect on cranes. More accurate is the situation in the Amur River border region between Russia and China, where both countries are more than willing to sell their rich natural resources to the highest bidder?with dire consequences for the cranes that dwell in the Amur basin. Matthiessen would stop the course of such progress cold. Yet Russia is desperately poor and China faces serious population pressure. Is it even faintly realistic to expect them to turn off the flow of foreign investment to save...