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...next club opening or quarterly report, toward a national future that is anything but certain. Despite the country's economic recovery, Japan is still pinned beneath $6.9 trillion in public debt, and that's 1.5 times the nation's GDP, the worst ratio in the industrialized world. A widening gap between rich and poor is threatening to shatter Japan's view of itself as a predominantly middle-class country. The boom in the big cities has yet to be felt in the nation's heartland. China's rise is challenging Japan's economic predominance, with China already spending more than...
...much faculty interaction as possible, given the inherent limitations of a large major,” Athey said. The change in plans also caught professors by surprise.“I don’t think people believe this is for real. This is like someone saying The Gap is going to open a store on the first floor of Littauer. Does this make any sense at all?” Goldin said.“There have been countless moments in history of this nation and others when human bodies have blocked bulldozers from coming into buildings...
...Crimson surged ahead in the opening game, taking a 15-9 lead. Although the Pioneers narrowed the gap to three points, Harvard rallied back and ultimately knocked out a 30-23 victory through consistency and focus...
...attended almost exclusively by, well, freshmen. Furthermore, the targeted party fund increases will only provide yet another opportunity for freshmen to remain isolated from the rest of the campus community. There is already remarkably little interaction between freshmen and older students. It seems unwise to further widen the gap between first-year students and the university as a whole by incentivizing freshmen to stay away from the houses. Outside the Yard’s walls, however, there are real opportunities to invigorate a decrepit social scene. Gatherings in upperclass houses, which were the original target of the UC party fund...
...help[ing] students understand this country as a heterogeneous and multifaceted nation situated within an international framework,” it again overlooks the necessity of providing students with an introductory course in American history. The time has come for Harvard to acknowledge that there is a big gap in our education—and to fill...