Word: importance
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...statement, however, was a move unprecedented in recent Harvard history but stale news at peer institutions: a formal advisory role for faculty and students, in the form of two respective advisory committees. While we welcome the opportunity for formal student input on a matter of such great import to the entire University community, we cannot help but be concerned that the “advisory” function of these committees will be anything but integral to the search process. According to the University’s announcement, chairs of both the student and faculty advisory groups?...
...users will be happy to know that the HD1?s MPEG-4 video files are compatible with the latest version of iMovie HD. I copied the files to my Mac?s hard drive then dragged them into iMovie, whereupon the software would automatically import them into the clip window. This is exceptionally good news, since last I checked iMovie rejects older MPEG-2 video files...
...Still, many luxury-goods retailers predict that their India business will develop relatively slowly compared with their business in other emerging markets such as China. One major barrier is India's stiff tariffs on high-end imports?the tax on imported watches, for example, is 50%. Joseph Wan, Group Chief Executive for Harvey Nichols, the London-based retailer, says India's recent economic growth and indications that New Delhi is prepared to liberalize its markets are encouraging, but adds that prime real estate in Indian cities is too expensive and that tariffs are prohibitively steep. "Harvey Nichols caters...
...criminals, not all of them in Tony's league--feloniously or dramatically. The high-class burglars in NBC's Heist (Wednesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.), planning to take down a Beverly Hills jewelry store, fall into the Ocean's Eleven school of fast-talking, ice-cool swells. (Hustle, a British import nearing the end of its season on AMC, takes a similar tack with a band of con artists.) The robbers (led by Dougray Scott and The Practice's Steve Harris) gab about strippers and Mother Teresa while on a job; the cops who chase them self-consciously reference Lethal Weapon...
...cracking down on criminal gangs. I appreciate what he's done for Thailand. When he wants to do something, he takes responsibility and says, "This is my work." The economy is doing well under Thaksin. People have benefited from his policies. There's less unemployment. My sister runs an import-export business and she says it's getting better. At my hotel, there's a woman whose husband is a taxi driver. Thanks to Thaksin, who made it possible for ordinary people to borrow, he finally has the chance to own his own taxi. For years, he paid 500 baht...