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...Gates [scholarship] envisions a group of folks who have been really well trained at Cambridge who will make contributions in their field and real change in the world,” said Paul A. Bohlmann, the Office of Career Services’ director of fellowships...
What I learned from not listening to Superficial is that the nature of celebrity hasn't changed; celebrity is just more than ever its own industry. We've found a group of people who are hot, rich and narcissistic to entertain us with their lives and another group to entertain us with their work. Back when promotional outlets were limited to billboards and Johnny Carson, being a celebrity could move product. But now that there's an infinite number of ways for everybody to get your attention, celebrity cannot achieve much more than product awareness...
...October, the group opened the Ace of Cups coffee shop and bookstore - the first new business to launch in Cairo in four years. The windows are adorned with posters, and on the door is a carefully scripted sign in black Sharpie that reads "We Are Not For-Profit." Inside, the brightly painted walls are lined with stacks of used books. Johnston had invited friends to come and work at the coffee shop in exchange for free rent but got few takers. "A lot of people shook on it and then backed out," he explains. "A friend of mine basically told...
...outsider eating breakfast in Currier might soon be struck by something else besides the green "pistachio" muffins—namely, a group of intrepid Quadlings wearing bathrobes down to the dining hall in the a.m. We hear that this same group of Currierites is currently in the process of having special Currier bathrobes made: here’s a promotional video from the organizers with singing, dancing, and a PBS-like series of commentaries on the import and meaning of the “bathrobe...
...outside the U.S., as well. In France, Transparency International has brought a case against three African leaders - Congo's Denis Sassou Nguesso, Equatorial Guinea's Obiang and Bongo's estate in Gabon - claiming they allegedly used public funds to purchase around $200 million in French properties for themselves. A group of Cameroonian nationals based in France has also lodged a lawsuit in Paris accusing Cameroon President Paul Biya of buying French homes worth hundreds of millions of dollars with taxpayer funds. The three surviving leaders have rejected all accusations of corruption levied against them...