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...living on less than $1 a day in sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled since 1981. The scale of the disparity is larger than most Americans can comprehend, and it will only widen if leaders do not take dramatic action. As one of the world’s foremost academic institutions, Harvard is uniquely poised to identify and train leaders with the capacity to effect this kind of change. The CID plays a pivotal role in this process; shutting it down would be detrimental not only to the Harvard community, but also to the larger world of sustainable development...
...outlined by President Bush depends, at the first hurdle, on being able to satisfy both UN Security Council member states, and the Iraqis themselves, that the U.S. intends to begin a genuine ceding of control over events in Iraq on June 30. That question will be answered, first and foremost, in the relationship between a new Iraqi political authority and the U.S. armies that remain on its turf. Right now, that relationship remains to be defined. And each potential answer to the question carries its own substantial package of risks...
...Girls Band is more audacious than its pleasantly conventional music. The group was the inspiration of Beijing-based rock producer Wang Xiaojing, who several years ago hit upon the idea of forming a band by picking the prettiest women from China's élite musical academies. "First and foremost," says Wang, who in 2001 auditioned 4,000 women on the way to choosing his lucky 13, "they had to be beautiful. Twelve beautiful girls standing on a stage is a spectacle in itself, even without any music...
...world’s foremost scholars of American and British imperial history is about to join Harvard’s empire on the Charles...
These concerns, I feel, are three-fold. First and foremost, I am concerned by the low turnout and extremely narrow margin of passage that the first question of the referendum yielded. According to the official results, only 35 percent of the student body voted in the referendum, and the fee increase from $35 to $75 was passed by the margin of 53.2 percent to 46.8 percent (1,189 votes for, 1,046 against...