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...states that out of 61 percent of students entering the employment sector after graduating in 2008, 2 percent took jobs in government and 1 percent joined the military. In 2008, the CIA hosted five recruitment events at Harvard, including career fairs, conferences and job fairs. Only six events were held for the entire Boston area in the same year. In total, 1,000 CIA recruiting events were held across the country last year. Deb Carroll, assistant director of the Office of Career Services for employer relations, said that “the number of students who attend these events...
...most importantly, they're willing to shed their blood for each other. The Pashtun have a long history of uniting to face a common, external threat. They held up Alexander the Great for years - if for no other reason than pure belligerence. Something like that seems to be happening today. In February, the Taliban organizations in Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to put aside their differences, and combine forces to fight NATO in Afghanistan. What incited the alliance was the Obama Administration's plans to send an additional 17,000 troops. (Read "The Truth About Talibanistan...
...with the national conversation about the best means to ensure global access—particularly in the developing world—to the fruits of medical research performed within the academic community. This was accompanied by a call to deliver essential medicines to the developing world at a symposium held at Harvard Law School this week. Harvard should maintain momentum in its quest for new therapies and new strategies aimed at their broad dissemination especially to those in greatest need...
...February, the government announced it would spend some $7 billion on various projects as part of an overall stimulus package. Since taking office in 2004, Yudhoyono has held two major "infrastructure summits" offering close to $38 billion dollars' worth of projects to private investors, though few have had any takers. Jakarta's business community cites a range of problems and obstacles that are keeping investors on the sidelines while funding remains sorely needed for the building of new ports, power plants and roads across this huge nation. "Lots of projects were showcased but very few have been realized because...
...quick lesson on how economic booms can turn into busts and how grandiose bets on real estate plays can get you into trouble, they would do well to learn the lesson of their surroundings. The summit of leaders from 19 of the world's key economies will be held in London's docklands, just east of Canary Wharf, a real estate megaventure conceived on industrial wasteland in Britain's go-go 1980s. By the time the first part of the project was completed in the early 1990s, Britain was in a deep economic slump, and the project's developer...