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...consumers in the developed world, particularly those in the U.S. The strategy proved to be wonderfully efficient. It drew investment capital into the country, generating factory jobs for impoverished farmers, infrastructure to supercharge commercial development, and otherwise produced wealth South Korea could never have generated on its own. Eager to raise living standards in their own countries, Asian policymakers and businessmen to varying degrees adopted the same fast-track formula. The economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore did so with such success they became known as the Asian tigers. Their growth model produced miracles - and as Park...
...entirely another to create a disturbing subculture of hyper-competitiveness that destroys the very foundation of the liberal-arts education Harvard claims to offer. And the devastating consequences of rejection can be damaging to one’s mental health—a concern not often realized by the eager droves of applicants who dive into the process without considering the real impact of the application process on their personal lives...
...said. “I think it relaxes everyone. I think they appreciate it.” Associate Professor Stephen L. Burt, who teaches English 10b, also maintains a personal blog. Even though there’s a link on the syllabus, he is less eager than Knill to share it with his students. “I don’t point it out because it’s a personal blog. Those are blogs that don’t have to do with the course I’m teaching,” Burt said...
...Although the tuition hike may seem daunting for some families, it is unlikely to deter eager applicants from coming to Harvard if accepted...
...everyone in the room received the speech with the same eager delight. At one end of the chamber, Jon Favreau, Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter, stood nervously with his back against the wall, alternately mouthing the words as Obama spoke them, applauding and checking his BlackBerry for reactions from the ether. At the other end of the chamber sat a diminished Republican caucus, self-consciously rising and falling like pistons to show their alternate approval and disdain for the President's policy prescriptions...