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...Education Policy Committee’s recommendations—the creation of secondary fields—has already passed the Faculty. The fields, similar to minors, will allow students to pursue two subjects without the integrative thesis required of a joint concentration. Other key proposals still await a vote...
...conflict was sparked by Pentagon decisions on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a state-of-the-art aircraft being built by a consortium of nations led by the U.S. and Britain. Britain has invested $2 billion in the plane's development. But the Department of Defense has refused to allow the British access to the most sophisticated technologies on the JSF, and further insulted the British when it unilaterally decided that it would no longer need an engine for the plane that was to be built in part by Britain's Rolls-Royce. In response, Paul Drayson, Britain's Minister...
...month, Swatch Group introduced its Breguet watches (average price: $30,000) to India, which it hails as one of the world's most enticing growth markets. In January, the Indian government gave upscale retailers a further boost by allowing foreign companies to own a controlling interest of 51% in joint ventures operating "single-brand" stores. Although multinational chains like Wal-Mart and Tesco remain effectively barred from India, the move is expected to make the country more appealing to retailers like Nike and Cartier that sell their brands in exclusive outlets. "I am very, very optimistic about India," says Xavier...
...expected to cover more than 1,500 students—nearly a quarter of the College—in the next academic year, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 and Director of Financial Aid Sally C. Donahue said in a joint interview Thursday evening. With the announcement, Harvard jumps to the head of a pack of top universities that are expanding financial aid for undergraduates from low-income and middle-class families. In 2004, University officials unveiled the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) and pledged that families earning less than...
...winning new way with a scallop but rather his understanding of how to use his image. Batali constantly projects a sense of capering, slightly naughty joy: at a cooking demo, he rolls up stuffed-eggplant slices and then pretends to lick them like the wrapper around a joint. "Just like we did in the '70s," he says, and the audience cheers. Sometimes he takes the act too far. In Heat Buford quotes a liquored Batali asking one of his waitresses to "take off your blouse" for his table. Batali says everyone understood that he was joking. "It's never anything...