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...population at more than 300 million, the percentage of users that are American is pretty small. Furthermore, according to Nielsen, 60% of users drop out after a month. "Once just a fad"? Sounds like it's still a relatively small and concentrated fad. Members of the media never grasp that they are not representative of the country as a whole. Barb Neff, SANTA MONICA, CALIF...
...Graham T. Allison Jr. ’62 called Huntington “an outstanding teacher, a great thinker, and a valued colleague” who had the “rare capacity” for larger insights into overarching themes. “Not just big insights but grasp of truths that have legs,” Allison added in his e-mailed statement. “Among political scientists, or indeed, all social scientists today, he had no peer competitor.” Before retiring in 2007, Huntington served twice as chair of the government department and directed...
...Palestinian territories, Obama's speech was watched more avidly. Broadcast on Gulf, Egyptian and Jordanian satellite-TV channels, Palestinians in coffee houses and restaurants were riveted by Obama's words. Fouad, a teacher, says, "I was emotionally moved by Obama's delivery. I loved his grasp of Islamic history." A Bethlehem mother, Raheeda Hamad, says she approved of Obama's message of a global partnership and of the necessity for equal education for women. At Nablus University, political scientist and Islamic scholar Abdul Sattar Qasim says, "His speech was very close to the heart. He has a way of speaking...
...absence of any clear directive has cast doubt on Smith’s own grasp of the situation. “The Dean doesn’t exactly know himself what this ‘reshaping’ will mean,” said Classics Department Chair John M. Duffy, calling Smith’s dialect “a visionary approach without exactly having a vision...
...student opinion in the first round of budget cuts. Leading up to the rally, students submitted over 70 pages of feedback on the budget process to the UC website. This input will guide the UC leadership over the summer, and has allowed the UC to gain a better grasp on student opinion. However, students must not lose interest in the budget process—for as Harvard reshapes and restructures, student opinion must be heard. We must build on the energy from the rally, and while it is the UC’s job to provide students the forums...