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...Professor Hausmann brings a wealth of experience in international development and research,” Ellwood said. “His tremendous vision and expertise will help build on the critical work of CID, ensuring the Kennedy School and Harvard University continue to make a significant impact in the developing world...
...marginal cost of production"--the price at which it makes sense for companies to find and extract it from the ground. And that, Miller says, is currently about $40 per bbl. Oil has shot way higher for perfectly rational reasons, from booming global demand to Hurricane Katrina's impact on refining capacity, but overseas producers have every incentive to boost supply at today's prices, says Miller, which should make up for existing shortfalls. "Barring an unforeseen event"--another Katrina, say, or a 9/11-- all this suggests to Miller that oil should retreat to about $40 over the next year...
Illy: We think we can have a bigger impact this way. After three months, the novelty is gone. If it works, we will open more. We will have about 100 Illy Bar Concepts [espresso cafs] by the end of this year, mostly in Europe but also in Hong Kong, China, Japan and Australia. But we have no plans to open any in the U.S. We don't run these shops ourselves; we license them. We are industrialists, not retailers...
He’s being realistic, though. His work at Dartmouth, after all, while partially effective, didn’t seem to make any dramatic impact on students’ drinking patterns. Then again, Travia only took the reins in 2003. Before that, he says, there was no one in charge to spearhead the effort, and the program floundered...
...aftermath of Hurricane Katrina reinforces in vivid terms the impact of public policy on all of our lives. As students from across the college struggle to cope with the enormity of this tragedy, it is vital that we challenge each other to demand more of our government and more of ourselves. While the majority of college students believe that politics is relevant in their lives, far too few want to engage directly in politics and government...