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...Harvard offered only two programs abroad, leaving most students to look elsewhere for more varied course offerings. If their hunt for a program through Harvard’s scattered resources proved successful, they would be greeted by mounds of paperwork and bureaucracy in the way of petitions for credit. Thankfully, today, much of the frustrating hurdles have been done away with, and Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) administrators can be found eagerly pleading with students to go abroad through brochures, fairs, and advising. Nevertheless, more can be done. Financial burden still too often inhibits students desiring to study abroad...
...working in a single European market, that will be a great achievement," says Barroso. But the President knows how Europe now runs. "I'm a pilot," he says, "not an admiral." His challenge is that if the European economy sails into clear blue water, 27 admirals will take the credit. If it hits the rocks, they'll blame the pilot...
...white lab coats for special occasions). They are at once playful--they used to take part in the regular roller-hockey games in the Google parking lot--and solemnly idealistic, as when discussing Google's new $1 billion philanthropic arm. Brin and Page are products of Montessori schools and credit the system with developing their individuality and entrepreneurship. They're often accused of being arrogant, but to the extent that they are, it may not be egotism as much as an insistence on doing things their way. (The pair sometimes celebrates big Google milestones by going out to Burger King...
...admonishment. The Bush Administration's promotion of democracy in the Arab world since Sept. 11 has helped rouse stirrings of participatory democracy throughout the region; even a society as closed as Saudi Arabia's has held local elections for the first time. But for most Muslims, any credit owed to the U.S. for such advances is outweighed by simmering resentment over the war in Iraq and the lack of progress toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. As the triumph of Hamas in last month's Palestinian elections showed, holding free elections in such conditions runs a high risk of rewarding...
...true, and because Clarkson has the kind of voice that sounds intimate and precise coming out of radio speakers--and because she is far more determined and shrewd than anyone has given her credit for--she has survived the blows that inaugurated her career and managed to free herself from her scarlet AI. Her debut album, Thankful, chugged to double-platinum status while the thoroughly enjoyable follow-up, Breakaway, has sold 5 million copies, spawned four Top 10 hits and earned Clarkson, 23, a prime performance slot at the Grammys this Wednesday. (If justice prevails, she'll also pick...