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...sold three bars of chocolate in three days). Nevertheless, the marketing opportunity would not be lost in translation. According to the Chocolate & Cocoa Association of Japan, of the $3.6 billion annual sale of chocolate in 2005 (the latest available year), $400 million, or over 10% was spent during the crucial days leading up to Valentine's. This year, Japanese men who receive super high-end American brand chocolates such as Noka and Compartes should revel in the fact that their significant other had the time, money and taste to settle for nothing but the best for their...
...Kleinman and Hochschild said the committee charged with implementing the reforms will also have a crucial impact on the new shape of a Harvard education...
...correctly allows departmental courses to count for general education courses, they too must meet the same stringent standards, a requirement we fear will be too constraining.The viability of such a two-tiered system will depend on its implementation, and the new Standing Committee on General Education will play a crucial role. Nevertheless, we believe that enforcing strict administrative requirements for such courses, such as mandating a final or midterm, would be a grave mistake. Furthermore, the Faculty must make it clear that the Committee should create strict guidelines on subject matter and pedagogy for the first tier...
...What's really worrisome is that Beijing's impotence in this area reflects a similar inability to enforce its will on wayward local authorities in a whole range of crucial areas. If the central government can't stop the sale of Gucci knock-off handbags around the corner from its own enforcement office, how can they stop factories poisoning the drinking water tens of millions of its citizens depend on a thousand miles away? It's a scary thought for the Chinese and the outside world...
...Washington has a long way to go. And it won't be easy. That's why we'll have to set priorities. We'll have to make hard choices. And although government will play a crucial role in bringing about the changes we need, more money and programs alone will not get us where we need to go. Each of us, in our own lives, will have to accept responsibility - for instilling an ethic of achievement in our children, for adapting to a more competitive economy, for strengthening our communities, and sharing some measure of sacrifice. So let us begin...