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...Still, when the simple, thoughtful language of the original report comes through, it can be moving. This is most particularly true during the chapter covering the rescue attempts of the North and South towers. "Then the second plane hit," reads one panel, depicting the deadly second impact. It continues, "At 9:03:11, the hijacked United flight 175 hit the South Tower from the South, crashing through the 77th to 85th floors. And the most complicated rescue operation in history instantly doubled in magnitude." If nothing else, readers should remember a single panel, depicting a firefighter carrying a wounded woman...
...Foreign access to China's huge market has become an incendiary issue on the mainland. Several recent acquisitions of large Chinese firms by foreign companies have been stalled after a storm of public protest over the impact such sales could have on China's economic security. A $375 million bid by the New York-based Carlyle Group for Xugong Group, China's leading construction-machinery manufacturer, has been delayed for 10 months. More recently, Chinese corporate officials and commentators condemned the proposed takeover of China's biggest manufacturer of kitchen goods, Supor Cookware, by the French firm SEB. One critic...
...unthinkably abysmal 2.1 on the CUE guide, with lecture attendance, based on our estimations from students enrolled in the course, below 25 percent for much of the year. And while student ratings should not be the ultimate barometer of pedagogical efficacy, they are at least indicative of the profound impact those dedicated primarily to their teaching can have on undergraduates’ educational experience.And while some introductory courses continue to languish under tenured professors, some courses thrive under the instruction of untenured lecturers, if they stick around. The Chinese program’s first-year preceptor Min Chen garnered...
Cuseo said she would not be surprised if Yale University also jumped on the single-deadline bandwagon because they “have the luxury of it not having much of an impact on their yield...
...veil for its true function of repression; that for all their apparent obedience, passivity and discipline, many or even most of the populace are not just unhappy but deeply angry and increasingly overt in their defiance. Still, the seven-week-long student protest in Tiananmen Square hit with the impact of a revelation...