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...arms race—with campaigns rushing to capitalize on loopholes and the EC eager to close them—may be what leads some to accuse the commission of being overly nitpicky in administering the rules...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Laying Down the Law | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...candidates are more important than the platforms, mostly because platforms are comprised of a lot of words, and as an engineering student, I am illiterate. It does not suffice to say that Frances has a strong personality. She is loud, opinionated, and makes enemies faster than an over-eager prefrosh makes Facebook friends. In essence, she is exactly the person that we need to maintain a lively, adversarial relationship with student groups and the college administration. UC meetings would no longer stretch on for hours, decorum would be kept with the help of tasers, and UC skeptics and detractors would...

Author: By Matthew T. Valente | Title: Martel-Zimmermann: A New Brand of Student Advocacy | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...East, is just the latest of dozens of foreign-themed parks springing up all over China. Shanghai has its Weimar Village, Beijing has Greek villas, and Hong Kong has its very own Disneyland--all built in hopes of cashing in on the deepening pockets of a growing middle class eager to absorb Western culture. Tourism revenue now accounts for 6% of China's GDP (or more than $600 billion), and the industry is expected to grow 10% annually for the next five years. The World Tourism Organization predicts China will be the globe's largest tourism market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Shenzhen | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...People in his neighborhood are eager to hear how he’s doing in Boston. Everyone knows him, Barnhill says, as “the Harvard...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Holding Old Ties, Wearing New Ones | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...European Commission ambassador, introducing European businesspeople to your host country is a big part of the job description. Since E.C. ambassador Danièle Smadja arrived in Delhi two months ago, she has found herself shepherding a half-dozen delegations of eager European executives and politicians every week. "All my fellow ambassadors are always either receiving or sending off visitors," she says. "India is like a beautiful woman being wooed by many suitors at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Europe is Coming to India | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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