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...course there's a lot more to look at than your feet in this ancient city, although the poorly maintained sidewalks and snarled traffic do explain why freewheeling Istanbullus?as locals here are known?prefer to get around by boat when they can. Newly reinvigorated by a burgeoning young population of trendy, extravagant professionals like Kocabiyikoglu, Istanbul is suddenly the focus of luxury-goods purveyors looking to expand in what up to now has been a small market. Fendi has three retail doors with a fourth on the slate, Louis Vuitton is expanding its small store on the Asian side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosporus Boom | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...that Deep Springs conceives of an education and the way that Harvard conceives of an education are two very different things,” Rosenblum says. He begins sentence after sentence, trying to conjure the words to explain Deep Springs to someone he believes will never...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Back from the Ranch | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...does the EAC explain this glaring gap in their plan? Apparently, the University will only form a commission to investigate the cost if students express support for spending it. This puts students in an absurdly paradoxical situation, whereby they can only find out the cost they are being asked to support by voting to support...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine and Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Green—And Naïve | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Beginning in January when fares are set to hike, riders who continue using paper CharlieTickets or cash will pay an even higher fare than those using the new pass. About 300 MBTA Ambassadors sporting green vests passed the cards out all over the city to promote the CharlieCards and explain their use. “This is very important,” said Jamey Tesler, an MBTA attorney who helped distribute cards at the Harvard Square station. “We’re all doing this so that everyone riding the T knows how this works...

Author: By David Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MBTA Debuts Plastic Passes | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...full understanding of where Bob Gates stands on these issues with regard to the President and his policies and the definition of what it is to win in Iraq and what it takes, then I think you're going to find he agrees" with Bush, Snow labored to explain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gates's Candor Wins Over the Democrats | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

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