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...areas—natural science, social science or humanities—is based on the percentage of students enrolled in each concentration within the class. Phi Beta Kappa sets up a quota for each of the fields in order to ensure parity across these categories. Those students with the highest GPAs are then nominated...
...often fingered for some of the obstacles facing Mexico's underdogs. According to the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation & Development, for example, Telmex, which is the flagship of Slim's Grupo Carso and which controls 90% of Mexico's telephone market, charges small businesses some of the highest fees in the world. Telmex insists those charges have dropped considerably in recent years; but the situation points up the distortions that many feel help keep Mexico underdeveloped...
...bound for the Americas to build railroads, can fish and pan for gold. Other coolies, as they were known, headed for European colonies in Asia. Those who left have helped those who stay behind; today, Fujian's annual per-capita income of $1,300 is one of the highest among China's provinces, courtesy not just of its early embrace of private enterprise but also of remittances from overseas...
...Iraq and form an independent nation. So far, Kurdish leaders have been a constructive force in holding Iraq together, helping to write and adopt a national constitution that, although it gave great powers to the regions, has kept Iraq intact as a federal state. Kurds are serving at the highest levels of the Iraqi government, including as President, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister...
...requisite spectacle for mercy rather than a genuine healing experience. A second area of reform is the health services administration—its provost-led executive council unacceptably lacks student representation. Though they do a commendable job, more could be improved. The absence of student voice at the highest levels may explain why a limit of twelve free visits to mental health people at UHS, rather than the typical state standard of twenty, rushes doctors to diagnose; why mental health providers are sometimes overworked; why non-emergency appointments can take weeks to schedule; and why the typical student is unable...