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...that’s just one more thing we struggle with, trying to isolate things to deal with them.” Answering questions about why the students had been working in sites that seemed relatively well off compared to devastated areas such as New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, Bebelle admitted that there were questions about the wisdom of rebuilding particularly vulnerable areas of the city. “It’s politics,” said Bebelle. “Part of the Lower Ninth is only ‘look...
...followed the bird by line of sight in a counter-clockwise direction, not realizing Harry Whittington had walked up from behind and had positioned himself approximately 30 yards to the west of him," according to San Miguel?s report. Cheney told the deputy that Whittington was standing on lower ground and as a result was hit in the face and upper body. "Katharine Armstrong told me pretty much the same story Mr. Cheney told me," he wrote...
...examined our guide’s card and allowed us to enter. You see, RISE is a “membership-only” club, whose packages range from $50 to $750 a year; depending on the price level. Members can bring between one and four guests. However, the lower membership levels require a cover of $10/person. Candidates must be “sponsored” by existing members. Given the relatively exclusive atmosphere, our expectations were high. As we ascended to the club’s first level, we were met with pounding trance music. Then, a practically movie...
...tremendously frustrated,” said Nowski. “But we’re now trying to explore much more creative options.”Adams House Master Sean Palfrey suggested that CHL seek the assistance of Harvard Business School students who could use their expertise to find lower-cost ways to extend dining hall hours.Many attendees of the meeting were especially concerned about finding a short-term solution for students for whom extra-curricular commitments cause them to consistently miss dining hall hours.No one at the meeting expressed opposition to the implementation of an on-line system...
...just a local concern. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that there’s a national movement building to raise achievement among all students but especially among members of groups that traditionally perform at lower levels,” said Ferguson, who is also a lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The Harvard Achievement Gap Initiative includes other KSG faculty members and Graduate School of Education professors. Ferguson acknowledged the “uncomfortable comparison” involved in the benchmarking initiative, but said that...