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...that of her paternal grandfather, an army general. Her father's regime was a strict one (the family had to sing Gregorian chants on Sundays). Royal was sent to a Catholic boarding school and the University of Nancy before attaining the classical educational polish of the French political élite: a degree from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po") and another from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ena), where her class included the current Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, and her partner, Hollande. They met there in 1978 and had their first child...
...same time, says Baldo, "you feel that China wants to be seen in a positive light. They play a very delicate balancing act." Jiang Wenran, Director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, Canada, says Sudan is the focus of debate amongst China's foreign-policy élite. Progressives argue that Beijing should cut its ties with Khartoum, both because it's the right thing to do and because China's oil interests in Sudan are not worth the cost of the country being labeled a genocide abetter. But conservatives, says Jiang, "think that China is being singled...
...Prosperity" first blazed to public attention as the driveshaft in the moneymaking machine that was 1980s televangelism and faded from mainstream view with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals. But now, after some key modifications (which have inspired some to redub it Prosperity Lite), it has not only recovered but is booming. Of the four biggest megachurches in the country, three--Osteen's Lakewood in Houston; T.D. Jakes' Potter's House in south Dallas; and Creflo Dollar's World Changers near Atlanta--are Prosperity or Prosperity Lite pulpits (although Jakes' ministry has many more facets). While they...
Students Who Skip the Ivy League Our story debating the value of an Ivy League education got plenty of mail--not just about East Coast, élite colleges but also about state universities, small private schools, financial aid and consultants for hire. And most readers commented on the pressure of the application process...
Your report was well intended, but by making the Ivy League schools your focus, you perpetuated the idea of these schools as the nation's élite, most desirable campuses. Harvard, Yale and M.I.T. have their counterparts on the left coast in the University of California, Berkeley; Stanford; and Caltech. These campuses are certainly not inferior to the Ivy League campuses, and one of them is a public institution. D. BLAIR GIBSON UCLA, B.A. '78, PH.D. '90 EL CAMINO COLLEGE Torrance, Calif...