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...known three years ago. As you consider pursuing fellowships and applying to Oxford, here are the questions we suggest asking. Do other universities offer the same program that you want to study at Oxford? If so, how do their faculty, library, and financial resources compare? Don’t forget finances; consider how much it would cost to live in the college you are interested in. Think about whether you mind forking out some extra personal resources or taking loans if your stipend won’t cover everything. And get advice from current scholars in residence; Oxford has changed...
...Once you’re doing something for a while, that’s just what you do,” Hirsh said. “What we forget is that our grandparents didn’t do that. They had real relevant longitudinal experiences. My dad tells the story of his training: mine was snapshots, his was a movie...
...could say President Bush's policy on international law is that he's against it--except when he's for it. Mostly, he's been against it. The Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gases? Not a chance. The International Criminal Court? Forget about it. The U.N. Convention Against Torture? Mere background noise for a White House committed to asserting the sovereignty...
...various bands wind through the streets of Port-of-Spain, the masqueraders pass in front of stages to be judged. It becomes easy to forget that anything other than Carnival ever took place here. Trinis are a very proud lot and both they and Brazilians claim to have the largest Carnival. At this point, I'm not one to gauge the nationalistic claims. Let's save that for the rest of the week, when I'm nursing my aching legs...
...days preceding Ash Wednesday in Trinidad and Tobago, the 100,000 people who have taken to the streets make it a point to forget quite a few things. First among these is a sense of self-control, exchanging it for alcohol-infused abandon as they trek around the capital city of Port-of-Spain; second and most noticeably, they forget much of their clothing. But this is Carnival, and for Trinidadians the entire social year revolves around this event - which also attracts tens of thousands of foreigners, like myself, who themselves become Trini, if only for a short time...