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...President was probably unaware he was skirting not two conflict zones - Afghanistan and Pakistan - but three. In India, Bush toured the southern city of Hyderabad to praise an example of everything that's right about the nation. Like its neighbor Bangalore, this ancient Muslim fort town is a hub for science and technology. But Hyderabad is also an example of what's still wrong with India. In the last few years, thousands of impoverished farmers have committed suicide in the barren, drought-stricken land outside the metropolis. For some, despair has turned to anger at the shiny city...
...Harvard Stem Cell Insitute on Western Ave. and tapping an avant-garde German architect to design it seems like an excellent start. Both faculty and students will be a lot more excited about moving to the other side of the Charles if it looks visually stunning and becomes a hub of cutting-edge research.) At the same time, I personally hope that things don’t quiet down entirely. Both as a journalist and as a graduate, I love the fact that Cambridge is forever bubbling with some sort of controversy, and protest over something or other. At times...
...Apart from its discipline and efficiency, Howard's office is known for its micromanagement; it's the hub of Canberra's conservative politics and bureaucratic power. So is the P.M. a one-man band? Howard rejects any notion that he's all-knowing or ever-present. First, he says, it's impossible these days to keep track of all the information flooding into his office. Second, he's restored the preeminent role of Cabinet, which has collectively taken all the major decisions. "Obviously I have views, and I'm not suggesting for a moment that those views aren't listened...
...breaking the bank. Meanwhile, Thailand's Ministry of Industry?in an effort to shift the country's garment industry, which generated $3.25 billion in exports last year, higher up the value chain?has been nurturing the local designers, spending $45 million since 2003 to promote Bangkok as a fashion hub, sponsoring fashion shows, trade fairs and magazines, and helping to establish the Bangkok International Fashion Academy at Chulalongkorn University. Thanks in part to this support, fashion design has gone from a marginal occupation to a legitimate career choice, and most major universities have opened fashion-design departments, which were unheard...
...future, may relocate some of its offices and collections to the Citizens Bank building in Allston. The permanent site of the new contemporary art museum, however, is likely to be near Barry’s Corner on Western Ave., according to preliminary designs. The new campus’s hub will be the new science buildings, which will add as much as one million square feet of space over the next ten years, Spiegelman told the roughly two dozen people at the meeting. She said the University hopes to develop half of that square footage within the next five years...