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...pilots. Tucked between mountain ranges on the Tibetan Plateau, Bangda's runway is the world's highest at 14,000 ft. (4,300 m) above sea level. Because the air is so thin there, the large Boeing and Airbus aircraft that comprise most of China's domestic fleet lack the power and lift to take off and land comfortably under certain conditions, especially in bad weather with a full load of passengers. So in 2002, the Beijing government came up with a surprising solution: China would build a small passenger jet so good that not only could it handle Bangda...
...hands of the privileged,” UC President Ryan A. Petersen ‘08 said in an interview. He argued that the requirement that the UC provide the College with receipts before being reimbursed would adversely affect student organizations such as arts groups and HoCos, which may lack the capital to fund events and then wait for a check...
Eliot University Professor Lawrence H. Summers, who spoke at last weekend’s symposium, said he believed that “the lack of diverse perspective” is a serious problem because it denies progressives the opportunity to “sharpen and develop their arguments...
...time Derek C. Bok became the president of Harvard for the first time in 1971, the school had already made manifest its need-blind admissions policy, part of its commitment to the belief that no student capable of attending Harvard should be prevented from doing so by a lack of funds. According to Bok, Harvard stayed true to its need-blind policy throughout the 1970s, even as other institutions abandoned the concept. Bolstered by alumni support, Harvard stuck to its guns through years of inflation, tuition increases, and low returns on its endowment. In 1979, the Faculty of Arts...
...South Africa's HIV/AIDS program, which had suffered under her boss, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, best known for her recommendation of garlic and beetroot as AIDS treatments. And Mbeki himself has expressed skepticism that HIV causes AIDS. But Madlala-Routledge's true crime, say close observers, was lack of loyalty to Tshabalala-Msimang, a key Mbeki ally. Tshabalala-Msimang hardly helped her patron's case when, in September, she went to court to try to stop the Sunday Times from publishing copies of her medical records, along with allegations of excessive drinking and abusive behavior when...