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...books on Amazon’s wireless reading device, Kindle. She also said that because many of HUP’s books are targeted at a specific subset of academia, the Press probably has not been missing out on reaching much of its audience due to a lack of digital availability. Harvard School of Education Professor Daniel M. Koretz, who recently published a book with HUP about standardized testing, said that he has experienced decreased sales of his book, but attributed the falloff to lower demand for books in general. “What has happened to book sales...
...Despite lacking the latest equipment, Pforzheimer Dining Hall will soon join Annenberg and several other House dining halls in daily composting. Pforzheimer, one of five Houses that does not have a compacting machine, is starting a pilot program in the next few days that will test the efficacy of manual composting. Composting, in which dining hall food waste is reused as fertilizer, is one prong of the University’s efforts to be more environmentally friendly, according to the Harvard University Dining Services Web site. Crista Martin, HUDS director of marketing and communications, said that the Quad Houses...
...financial storms may have only gathered recently, but noisy, tempestuous crowds like this one have been banding together on London's street for years - securing the freedom of prisoners in the 17th century, protesting the lack of rights for women in the early 1900s and railing against an unpopular tax just under two decades ago. As always, the mood today was mercurial. Organizers of the gathering, a movement calling itself G-20 Meltdown, had promised a "peaceful and fun street party." For much of the protest, that's what they got. While anarchists, many dressed from head...
...glut of investment led to what economists call an "underpricing of risk," as lending standards were weakened and leverage grew. Economists now widely agree that the systemic sloshing about of capital was a recipe for disaster. If a lack of regulation allowed the fire to spread quickly, the global trade imbalance provided the dry kindling to start...
Fewer Bentleys cruise the streets of Moscow these days, sushi sales are down, and construction on Europe's tallest tower has halted for lack of money. For fashionistas at the opening of the 18th annual Russian Fashion Week on Sunday, the most potent sign of the times was the sight of people wearing last year's styles. "Even the very rich aren't just going out and buying anymore," says Tatyana Ageyeva, a buyer who has worked for élite labels like Kenzo and Hugo Boss for nearly a decade. "Before, the wealthy would buy expensive things because they didn...