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...DAUGHTER Rana, 17, is shy and not keen on throwing stones, but she is pleased that other young Palestinian women have joined the confrontations. Rana spends her days reading books of philosophy and poetry. Like all youngsters in the occupied territories, she has missed a half-year of formal education because the Israelis shut down government-run Palestinian schools as collective punishment for the intifadeh. Her mother keeps her inside the house for safety and to help with housework...
...Burns' course offerings reflect his interests in ancient and Renaissance architecture. He carries a typical teaching load at the school, supervising one full-year survey course and two half-year seminars on subjects such as Mesopotamian structures and ancient Greek and Roman buildings, as well as seminars on Renaissance and Baroque architechure, which is Burns' own specialty...
...past half-year, the downsize dollar has finally done wonders for U.S. trade problems. By making American products more competitive overseas and foreign imports more expensive at home, the smaller dollar helped shrink the U.S. trade deficit to just $9.9 billion in April, the lowest in more than 2 1/ 2 years. But in the past two weeks, the dollar has climbed 5.9% against Japan's currency, to 133 yen at the end of June, and 3.7% vs. West Germany's, to 1.81 marks. That still leaves it 48% below its peak 3 1/2 years...
...began a summer surge to new heights. Last Friday the Dow closed over 2500 for the first time ever, ending the day at 2510.04, up 54.05 points for the week. Since the beginning of the year the Dow has risen fully 614.09 points, or more than 30%, a bounteous half-year return by any standard. One reason for the latest rally is a huge improvement in company profits, thanks to corporate streamlining and a declining U.S. dollar, which has boosted export sales...
...first overseas ODN supervised project willstart in late September when five recent HarvardCollege graduates and one College junior willbegin a half-year of studying community programsin Bangladesh...