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...remains a work in progress. According to two members of the docket committee that determines the agenda of faculty meetings—University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Judith L. Ryan, Weary professor of German and comparative literature—the task force is prepared to revise the draft between today’s meetings and the next full faculty meeting, on Dec. 12. Professors from various disciplines have begun to make suggestions for revision. In the Economics Department, according to Chair and Professor James H. Stock, faculty members believe the report overlooks the importance of their field in general...
...figuring out how to market the first major-studio Bible epic since the genre's peak in the 1950s and '60s with films like The Ten Commandments, The Nativity Story will arrive in theaters on Dec. 1, just about a year to the day after Rich started his first draft. "God's hand is on this movie," says Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham and one of several religious leaders and scholars invited to the set and early screenings...
Rich grappled with Scripture and script decisions. Should he stick with one Gospel? The Magi are only in Matthew, the shepherds only in Luke, but both Magi and shepherds appear in the film. Rich's first draft did not include The Magnificat, the verses Mary sings when her cousin Elizabeth feels a child stirring in her own womb, because it didn't match Mary's character arc. When a nun advising the film weighed in on the importance of the passage to Catholics, Hardwicke incorporated some of the verses in a voice-over later in the story...
...change the paradigm of people's thinking," says Antonio Dieck, Tech's business school (EGADE) dean. But for all of Monterrey's impressive start, not all the necessary pieces are yet in place. The venture-capital industry is in its infancy, there is no Mexican NASDAQ (although a draft bill to create one recently surfaced), and minority-shareholder rights need to be strengthened. More important, the Mexican business culture does not carry much appetite for risk in its DNA or an appreciation for failure. As a result, at least for the time being, a government-supported business incubator...
...reps make the agenda,” said Goldenberg, who is also a Crimson editor. “That’s why big things happen very rarely in House Life.” The task force members said they will help students interested in particular issues draft legislation to push policies forward, he added. The task force’s second meeting will come after the Harvard-Yale Game. Students will discuss standardizing alcohol policy across the Houses, from Stein Clubs to private parties, Goldenberg said. “There’s no uniform policy for carding...