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Spurred by the weak dollar and the strong euro, European travelers to the U.S. have been lapping up everything from Gap boxers to iPhones to luxury condos in Palm Beach, Fla. Now a top Italian real estate investor has nabbed one of the crowns of New York City property, a sale that echoes the Japanese purchase of Rockefeller Center in 1989. Valter Mainetti has confirmed to TIME that his company, the Sorgente Group, has acquired a majority share in Manhattan's historic Flatiron Building...
...Washington think tank. Titled "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education," it lays out an expansive vision for leveling the playing field for low-income kids, one that looks toward new policies on child health and support for parents and communities. The document states that much of the achievement gap between rich and poor "is rooted in what occurs outside of formal schooling," and therefore calls on policymakers to "rethink their assumptions" about what it will take to close that gap. Neuman says that money she's seen wasted on current programs, including much of the massive Title 1 spending should...
...From the reunions planned throughout the year, to the post.harvard database with e-mail and other information about graduates, the Harvard Alumni Network is not only well-connected, but also is easily accessible to current students. Through information gathering and data collection, HAA is able to bridge the gap between countless generations of Harvard students...
...Yardfest was a resounding success, and a tribute to the new and effective attitude the CEB has brought to bear on social planning at Harvard.The office of the Fellow for Campus Life (also called the “fun czar”) seems uniquely situated to help bridge the gap between students and administration. Jason B. McCoy ’08—next year’s fun czar—should focus on planning and promoting larger events that students cannot execute themselves, and help undergraduates maintain the autonomy they need to facilitate their own social lives.More glimmers...
...year transition. By most accounts, Moss quickly energized Trinity, particularly with his easy, unself-conscious references from the pulpit to both hip-hop culture and deep biblical scholarship. However, in an August 2007 Cleveland Plain Dealer article, Moss seemed to foreshadow his troubles in Trinity. The generation gap plaguing such institutions, Moss said, is "a gap of language, values. It's a gap in the best tactics on how to transform the black community. It's an intellectual gap in many ways. There has to be a dialogue between those generations [so] that you don't cast aside one generation...