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...Beijing for culture, and Shanghai for style. And while that was naturally a generalization, it was easy to see the reasoning. Beijing, after all, has the palaces and the history. Beijing also has one of the coolest arts quarters in the world in the form of 798 - the East German-built military factory complex now transformed into a thriving community of painters, sculptors and designers (not to mention trend-seeking tourists desperate for a taste of China's SoHo...
...German professor Peter J. Burgard warned last spring that “we should not have a Harvard version of RateMyProfessor.com...
...German literature professor Judith L. Ryan, a member of the Faculty Council—the 18-member Faculty governing body that moved for the legislation to appear before the full Faculty—said that the proposal addresses some of the drawbacks of the existing evaluation system...
...Increasingly, those suitors are whispering sweet nothings in European accents. So far this year, European bigwigs including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and London Mayor Ken Livingstone have come calling, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations next January. On Nov. 30, E.C. President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Union President and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates will visit New Delhi for the annual E.U.-India summit, a bilateral confab to discuss investment, scientific cooperation and efforts to combat climate change. The participants are expected to announce a joint solar energy project...
...However, this is just the start of the process. E.U. governments and the European Parliament will decide on any reforms in the second half of 2008. As it happens, that is when France - the biggest recipient of E.U. farm subsidies - will hold the E.U.'s rotating presidency. German and British officials have already signaled their resistance to the plans, arguing that larger farms are more efficient and ought not be penalized...