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...Russia's central bank worked to reform the country's fast-expanding, long-corrupt financial sector -- along the way angering "pocket banks" largely controlled by oligarchs; after two gunmen shot him as he left a soccer arena in Moscow. In an effort to make the chaotic industry safer for credit-seeking consumers, Kozlov cracked down on money laundering, closed shady banks and lobbied to consolidate the nation's 1,200 financial institutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 25, 2006 | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...indeed – 31 undergraduates enrolled in the class this past fall, and 19 undergrads signed up in 2004, when Richard Tuck led the course. By comparison, the average size of a Moral Reasoning core course last year – and Government 1060 now counts for MR credit – was a whopping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Government 1060, "The History of Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy" | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...into the induction of anxiety and regret in 18-22 year olds (not so HA!), Jeremy Wolff will request that your mastery of the material be shown on an overdone, quasi-humorous written exam. This is quite the deviation from your original plan of getting an easy A-, course credit, and the ability to mindfuck loved ones into submission. But no sir, psychology is not all about learning how to get your roomie to pick up his damn socks and lulling the quasi-hot girl in section into your not-so-much-loving-as-psychologically-manipulative arms. You?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology 1, "Introduction to Psychology" | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...flowing, and straight-up memorization forms the backbone of the class. At midterm and final time, every word from Marshall’s mouth is up for grabs—students were grilled about total minutiae from lecture, and TFs were picky with what answers were awarded full credit. Basically, though, if you crack open the damn book, do your reading, and actually study for this one come test time, you’ll be okay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science B | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...sign that the spread of corruption is being slowed by the government's actions. In Liuyang, for example, the fact that party officials are being forced to take desperate measures like the prison tour actually signals that "China's corruption is getting worse," he says. "You have to give credit to whoever came up with the idea. But in the long term it won't do any good," says the professor, who advocates sweeping changes in education, supervision and administration of the bureaucracy. "You have to change the system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scaring the Chinese Straight on Corruption | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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