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Scan the bare figures and China appears to be on the skids. Exports are plummeting, experts are slashing growth forecasts and unemployment could rise to its highest level since 1949, the year the People's Republic was founded. But if President Hu Jintao feels the heat, he isn't letting anyone see him sweat. Despite the massive challenges Beijing faces, the Chinese leadership seems to regard 2009 much as Michael Corleone viewed the day of his godson's baptism in The Godfather - this year, China settles all business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How China Is Capitalizing on the Economic Crisis | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...same is true with college. When people think of Harvard, people think of certain things associated with the brand,” Payack said. “Quality wins overall. The best quality comes out on top.” The data does not necessarily suggest that the highest quality universities in the country are mentioned more times in the media, Packack warned. But, he said that he was surprised by “how closely the data mirrored the ranking of the best schools in the country, which shows that it has more value than we may have thought...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Media Survey | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...Aerosol cleaners and cleaning tasks that involve application over large surface area are some of the most hazardous in terms of the highest exposure,” said Margaret M. Quinn, a member of the research team who is a professor at the UMass Lowell...

Author: By Emma M. Benintende, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cleaning Supplies May Harm Health | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...greener society, its neighbor, India, has not made significant improvements, he said. The panelists all praised China for its efforts in “greening” the country. According to Moomaw, China currently keeps track of a “Green GDP” and will have the highest production of solar panels by next year. “The global South expects more of the global North than they are willing to give,” added fellow panelist David Blackbourn, director of the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard. In addition, Moomaw stated that...

Author: By Laura C. Schaffer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Talks Climate Policy | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...were working at the frontier of science and technology—it was a whirlwind of innovation and invention.” In an environment she describes as simultaneously competitive and collaborative, Murray rose to become the Senior Vice President of Physical Sciences, one of the highest positions held by a woman at Bell Labs.“I have certainly been extremely lucky in my career in that I don’t feel like I have been hampered tremendously,” Murray says. “Obviously there is unconscious gender bias in this society...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEAS Dean Breaks Barriers | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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