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Development schemes for Third World countries rarely benefit the poor, largely because aid is too often squandered by corrupt bureaucracies. That makes fresher, commonsense visions like those of Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto all the more welcome. De Soto has spent years looking deep inside the underground economies where poor people--who make up two-thirds of the world's population--eke out a living. He figures the value of their extralegal property, from cinder-block squatter homes to black-market street-vendor sales, at almost $10 billion. De Soto insists that bringing the poor and their assets into...
...there are 12 reading days in the Fall semester; the new calendar guarantees between eight and 11 days depending upon the date of Labor Day each year. Every few years we will face the worst-case scenario of only eight reading days—but with the semester presumably fresher in our minds during that period, requiring less relearning, we should still be all right. Reading period is one of Harvard’s best institutions, and we can keep it and still finish the semester each year by Dec. 19 or Dec. 22 at the latest...
Though there is more eating than talking, Breslin takes a break to emphasize yet again CSG’s favorite trope—the seasonal menu. Allen says that students should expect “fresher, lighter” dishes (and Chickwiches) in the spring, as opposed to the heartier stews (and Chickwiches) of the winter months...
...very talented as far as endurance do a lot better in the afternoon,” Holzapfel said. “They’d go slower in the morning and sprint in the afternoon. I prefer [the new system] because I’m a lot fresher in the morning...
...network is also finding fresher and more dramatically rewarding ways of plying nostalgia, in particular on Bands Reunited (weeknights, 10 p.m. E.T.). The point of the show is not so much the reunion concerts as the quotidian stories it tells on the way there--how former stars have become insurance underwriters and wedding-band players or how feuding brothers Mike and Ali Score of haircut band A Flock of Seagulls haven't seen each other in five years. When the Scores reunited for a London club show in front of their beaming mom, I misted up--even though...