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...Guns for Hire I shed no tears for the mercenaries employed by private security firms who die in Iraq or any other theater of war [March 26]. These "dogs of war" are there at the behest of their rich employers, operating without any oversight or rules of engagement. These gun-toting cowboys charging around in their SUVs taint the already sullied image of our military and government. They went into battle for two reasons: blood and money. Those who live by the sword should expect to perish by it. It is foolish for their families to expect that they...
...result of its educational failings, Brazilian companies are struggling to find qualified workers, and even those they do hire often lack the necessary savvy to contribute to the companies' long-term success. "There are two conceptual frameworks to understand innovation," says Alberto Rodriguez, author of a soon-to-be-released World Bank study on how better education spurs growth. "You have the high-tech, frontier innovation, and you have the adaptation and improvement of technology that happen day to day in firms." Economists call that everyday improvement total factor productivity. It is the x factor that allows an economy...
...before the announcement, Nichols Family Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise countered widespread criticism of the lack of diversity in the upper ranks of the Crimson’s coaching staffs. At a gathering hosted by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Scalise stressed the difficulty of hiring minority coaches. Scalise said it was particularly hard to foster diversity in sports such as alpine and nordic skiing, field hockey, and women’s lacrosse—sports he described as “white middle-class suburban.” “We contact the Black...
...Representatives at Harvard’s athletic communications office said they could not confirm the Globe’s report and that they had no set date for the announcement of a new coach.Nichols Family Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise—who chairs the committee assembled to hire a new coach after Frank Sullivan’s contract was not renewed March 5—declined repeated requests for comment this week.Members of the men’s basketball team were unaware that any decision regarding the selection had been made.“That?...
...that you just can’t do in a print article that you can do on a blog, like embed video clips and link to other articles,” Golis says. “Most [old media companies] don’t understand the medium, so they hire kids that do. But sometimes, those kids don’t understand it either.”But, Harvard students continue to capitalize on the niche created for young, tech-savvy journalists. “It definitely gives you a chance to put yourself out there, which makes people want...