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...speaking in Paris just hours before his scheduled arrival in the U.S., Prince Saud warned Israelis that they would have no peace until Israel withdrew from Arab territories captured in the 1967 war. Saud, who will be the highest-ranking Saudi to ever attend a peace conference with the Jewish state, added that he would not shake the hand of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert or make a symbolic visit to Jerusalem before a peace deal. "The hand that has been extended to us has been a fist so far," he said. He warned Israelis against seeking a surrender, adding...
...energy prices this year, expenses that make up close to 20% of the typical consumer budget, according to Bain & Company's retail holiday report. And many people are feeling the pinch from the continuing credit crunch, including higher mortgage costs and the depreciation in home values. "Consumers have the highest debt they have ever had with 24 months of negative savings," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., a national retail-consulting firm. "They can't use their homes as piggy banks anymore...
...power play. You’ve got to look like a power play before we can score.” On the other side of the ice, Harvard’s special teams still only managed a lackluster performance. Entering the game, the Crimson had one of the highest penalty-kill percentages in the nation at 90.3%, but after tonight’s lackluster performance by the special teams, Harvard dropped to a mark of 80.2%. “That’s something we’ll go back to the drawing board and try to improve...
Before an audience of several hundred, the former U.S. Treasury secretary, who is the second-most senior member of the University’s highest governing body, discussed “Leadership in Times of Uncertainty” at Harvard Business School (HBS), pulling from his experience in both the public and the private sector...
...much less trivial for students in developing nations. Most universities offer limited, if any, financial aid for international students. Harvard, which offers identical financial aid to all admits, is a notable exception rather than the rule. Thus it is no surprise that international education is often limited to the highest socioeconomic strata of developing nations, which skews educational exchange...