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Homeownership has long been heralded as better for children. Kids raised in owned - as opposed to rented - homes show higher math and reading scores and less tendency to drop out of high school. In recent years, organizations from the National Association of Realtors to the President's Council of Economic Advisers to Habitat for Humanity have made sure to mention those sorts of findings in efforts to push more people to own houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Homeownership Good for the Kids? Not Necessarily | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...fondly and frequently commented on “how good a man” President Bush was. That positive opinion extends to the nation as a whole: A 2008 Pew Research Survey found that 66 percent of Indians hold a favorable view of the United States, a statistic significantly higher than in almost any other country, including Japan (50 percent), Spain (33 percent), and Turkey (12 percent). Indians admire American leaders that reach out to them and treat them as equal partners, as President Kennedy did when he remarked that Indian independence leaders shared “the great aspirations...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: A Strong Bond | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

Gates has also been appointed a Senior Fellow for Global Higher Education at the Jamestown Project, a non-profit think tank based in Washington...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finance Administrator Gates Pursues Other Projects | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...national police with conflict resolution in the future, rather than compile an “action report” that only analyzes the incident. He said that the Gates brouhaha has been interpreted from many different perspectives, but that the review panel would help bring the discussion to a higher, more constructive level. City Councilor Craig A. Kelley said that the panel would have to delicately examine the racial and class undertones of the arrest. “When it’s all done...I don’t want people to look...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Panel Still Pending | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...unlike the readily affordable fleeces and T-shirts that are peddled at the Coop, the new Harvard Yard line won’t even bear Harvard’s insignia. Nor is this the first time Harvard has sold its naming rights to clothing companies on the higher end of the price spectrum: Just check out the Coop’s Ralph Lauren section for confirmation. By licensing Harvard Yard, the university is doing what it can to support financial aid—which runs directly counter to the “elitism” the clothing line?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Peddling Preppy Pants | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

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