Word: globalization
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...predicting a global recovery is difficult. "Expectations are that the worst of the recession is over, but who can be sure of that?" says Edward Chow, senior fellow in the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "The global economy is on a sugar high because of the stimulus spending." If the recession lags, oil prices could plummet again, discouraging oil companies from investing in exploration and new drilling and discouraging governments from introducing new alternative-energy programs. (See 10 next-generation green technologies...
...validate the trip—and in a move inspired by the Societies of the World 25: “Health, Culture and Community: Case Studies in Global Health” class—Henderson and Wang conducted a comparative health study of Peru and China, evaluating perceptions of Western and traditional medicine among the local residents...
...internship was funded by the Weissman International Internship Program through the Office of Career Services, which the OCS Web site says is designed “to help foster Harvard College students’ understanding of the global community...
...around squash) in Beijing with the Olympics as the connecting thread. When I hit squash balls in hallways or elevators or parking lots it is about stretching the definition of the sport—tying its origins in British prisons and alleyways and boarding schools to its current spectacular global form.Michele ZalopanyMichele Zalopany is a returning visiting faculty member and will teach her last term of “Watercolor Painting” this fall. Born in Detroit in 1955, her work centers around the social and political themes of her childhood. Her paintings, done in a photographic style, depict...
...pictures of the global financial crisis...