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This part of the plan will not impact Harvard, which has no bachelors or masters degree journalism track. But the initiative will yield lucrative summer jobs for several students at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and potentially at other Harvard programs...
...Philippines, where 83% of the population is Catholic, and abortion and divorce are still illegal, 78% of the respondents believe the Pope will have a positive impact on the church in Asia. They also widely agree with his traditional stance against birth control, women in the clergy and priests marrying. In South Korea?a more diverse society where 46% of the people have no religious affiliation?opinion is more mixed. More than half the respondents are undecided or believe the Pope will have no impact on the church in Asia. Still, the vast majority of Koreans who think he will...
...know a Jedi from Yoda, but John Cloud's Viewpoint "How Star Wars Saved My Life" filled me with joy as I read how the movies enabled him to discover and lose himself in those characters and their experiences. Cloud's descriptions of his feelings and the impact those movies had on his life show why brilliant writing and the imagination of people in the arts are so important in our lives. Michele Adashek Bel Air, California, U.S. Cloud's viewpoint was delightful. it transported me to a quieter, more peaceful time. Thanks for the emotional and mental vacation...
...terms of overall lending, project financing is a small part of most banks' operations--from 5% to 10% at HSBC, for example--but lending that is environmentally and socially sound can have a huge long-term impact. Underwriters such as Citigroup point to the World Bank--backed pipeline running from Chad's oil fields through Cameroon to the Atlantic. Extensive environmental-impact assessments were carried out before the work got the green light, and oil companies like ExxonMobil have provided compensation and health care to local people whose lives and livelihoods were disrupted. A trust fund designed to give...
...threefold by, among other things, making deals with parent companies rather than with regional subsidiaries. Although al-Jazeera is subsidized by the Qatari government, it has attracted advertisements from Nokia, Olympus, Sony, Adidas, Hyundai, Jaguar and others. But, says Pierre Azzam, regional director in Dubai of the advertising agency Impact-BBDO, ads on al-Jazeera seem to have dropped since the 2003 Iraq invasion because of political sensitivities--a claim that al-Jazeera denies. Nonetheless, anticipating commercial resistance to the English channel, Parsons is offering discounts to advertisers willing to sign substantial prelaunch deals...