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...right? Is Bush a menace or a pragmatist? On some issues--air quality, easing national-park maintenance backlogs and farmland conservation--Bush's novel, market-driven approaches may prove efficient and effective in ways that some environmentalists seem unable to see. And there has been more continuity with the previous White House than either the Clinton-bashing Bush team or the Bush-hating environmentalists like to admit. EPA's Whitman, for instance, upheld the standard for arsenic in drinking water that the Clinton Administration adopted in its last hours in office (although she did so only after a public outcry...
...students driven to pursue a special concentration must not only know what they want to do, they must also find someone on the Harvard faculty who wants to sponsor their original plan of study. Jelina Pejkovic ’03, a special concentrator who studies Architecture and Urban Design, says the search for an adviser can be arduous, especially if the student doesn’t find someone who is really ready to stand behind them before the committee and to emphasize the specificity of their program. Many students, however, find the process of searching for an advisor...
...really driven from the moment I decided to do this,” says Eve A. Schaeffer ’02, who has a special concentration in Native American Studies. “It is so very difficult to find an adviser willing to make a commitment to you, and it was especially hard for me because I had to initiate the process immediately when I transferred here. I just kept pushing myself though, and every time I was confronted with someone new, I would ask them for the e-mail address or contact info for anyone else they thought...
...against its desire by renegades—fanatics. More recently, however, the rhetoric has changed. The Palestinian leadership still condemns the attacks, but it now sympathies with the bomber. In the new version, the bomber is the victim of the story. It is always emphasized that Israeli occupation has driven the suicide bomber to his act of depravity. In this twisted way, Israel stands responsible for the bomber’s death...
...perfect Pinot Noir. "I really wanted to get back to the reality of wine," he says, his nose deep in a glass of his latest vintage, "which for me is getting tired and dirty at harvest time." He takes a sip and smiles. "Now I am not driven by any market demands?I am producing the wine I want to and the market seems to like it." His new vineyard, Mount Edward, tel: (64-3) 442-6113, is only open to those with an appointment and a strong interest in Pinot Noir. If you're lucky you'll catch...