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...finance the restoration of a number of flood-damaged older homes. The point was to show that it was entirely possible to bring them back to life. "I don't worry about wholesale demolition anymore," says National Trust president Richard Moe. "The biggest problem right now is just the lack of rebuilding funds hitting the street...
...will be what leads the way. Richard Gordon Peebles, Scotland The West seems finally to have acknowledged the growing influence of India and China as major global economic powers. Both nations, however, are marred by real problems that need solutions. There are tragic undercurrents caused mainly by lack of infrastructure, rampant corruption and the absence of realistic programs to combat poverty in urban and rural areas. Unless these two future superpowers make efforts to bring all social classes under their umbrella of success, we cannot be euphoric over their one-dimensional growth. Arvind K. Pandey Allahabad, India Communication Trouble...
...facilities rank in the bottom half of the league. Compared to Penn’s Palestra, Princeton’s Jadwin, and Yale’s John J. Lee, Lavietes best strikes one as a high school gym, not only by its size, but also with the relative lack of buzz or excitement felt inside it. That serves as a perfect explanation for why the former three schools have hosted several major conference opponents over the past five years, while the Crimson hasn’t been paid a visit by such a quality foe since 1991 (Boston College...
...plenty of rigor in my classes at Harvard, but the lack of rigor cited in Lecturer Tal Ben-Shahar’s classes mask the fact that what he is imparting—quite successfully—could be the most important takeaway in students’ years on-campus. If they can walk away understanding that gratitude is the character strength most closely associated with happiness, or that having a meaningful social circle is one of the best predictors of aging well, they will not only change their lives, but they will “pay it forward?...
...suggesting that the real problem is lack of non-final clubs parties on campus, your piece trivializes the fundamental inequalities that women face at Harvard. From the instant we arrive on the campus, we are confronted with reminders of our “visitor” status, from the lack of tenured female professors in the classroom to the lack of depictions of women among the portraits and statuary adorning the hallowed halls. The entire history of women at Harvard and Radcliffe is marked by separation, inequality of resources, and reluctance on the part of male-dominated Harvard to adequately...