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...Politics, as well as at an earlier question-and-answer session with reporters, Gorbachev said repeatedly that Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Russia should be respected. The elections, which President Vladimir V. Putin’s United Russia party won with 64.1 percent of the vote, have drawn criticism from international observers...
...Anna Karenina” out of pure boredom. My copy of the 900-page Tolstoy epic, a remnant of my mother’s college days, had crinkled yellowed pages and minuscule font. I fully expected to abandon it after a few pages. But I was drawn in by the lush portrayal of 19th-century aristocracy, the disturbed internal monologues of the protagonists, and the philosophical reflections on farming. For me, Anna’s romantic set-up was merely the framework upon which a richer novel could unfold...
...Students are not the only ones to have questioned the propriety of the EPC. Since its establishment in 1992 by Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Jeremy R. Knowles, the EPC—which was never ratified by the Faculty—has drawn criticism for the power that it commands despite its murky status relative to the rest of the FAS’s governance structures...
...tours are meant to be too comprehensive; they only go for 15 minutes or so, so people are free to walk around by themselves or go on multiple tours if they want.” Past events at the Sackler and other museums on campus have drawn positive reactions from students, according to Lynne A. Stanton, coordinator of public education for Harvard’s museums.“This program really has been one of the most wonderful things that has happened to the university’s museums in the past few years,” Stanton says...
...Indian investment, thanks largely to conglomerate Tata's $12 billion acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus earlier this year. The E.U. and India are currently negotiating a free trade agreement as well as a comprehensive trade and investment agreement. These and other deals have European executives coming in droves, drawn by the country's 9% annual economic growth, along with its fast-growing middle class and booming trade, services and investment sectors...