Word: grosse
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...prices, making millions of them slightly poorer. An Oxfam study found that eliminating our subsidies could boost their average income as much as 5.7%, enough to feed two of their kids for a year. We spent $3.3 billion on cotton subsidies in 2005, more than half of Mali's gross domestic product. "We're not judging you--if we could subsidize our farmers, we'd do it!" says Abdoulaye Diop, Mali's ambassador to the U.S. "But you're hurting some of the poorest farmers in the world...
...committee’s petition also quotes a paper by Harvard sociology professor Neil Gross as saying that “a greater percentage of social scientists today feels their academic freedom has been threatened than was the case during the McCarthy...
...fair comparison. My aversion to beer isn’t based on any sort of religious or cultural restriction. In fact, it’s actually based on not wanting to drink a cup full of barley. But does that not strike anyone else as gross? Am I alone here...
...last time there was a College dean search, then-Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby drew criticism for consulting few students before he chose Benedict H. Gross ’71. Now, in the search for Gross’s successor, Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith seems to be taking a more inclusive approach as he meets with an undergraduate advisory committee. The 31-member undergraduate committee—made up of representatives appointed from each of the Houses, the freshman class, and the Undergraduate Council—spoke with Smith over dinner...
...institutionalizing first steps towards campus sustainability. The Harvard Green Campus Initiative and Green Campus Loan Fund serve as apt examples. But these important offices depend on our actions as students. Summers would not have signed the Sustainability Principles without pressure from undergraduates; Former Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 would not have pledged money to the Green Crimson Fund but for student expectations; the Energy Task Force would not have convened without the overwhelming support shown by undergraduates in last year’s vote. Sustainability, in short, would not be such a priority within...