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...independent, and the lines between advertising and content were clearly drawn. But as the business grew more competitive--and less profitable--advertisers have demanded more of a presence in programs through product placement and sometimes even ownership. "It's the Wild West out there," says Frances Page, head of Magna Global Entertainment, which develops sponsor-supplied programming. "Each network and advertiser has to figure out what works for them...
...total number of magna cum laude honors awarded by Harvard College rose this year, marking a break from the declining statistics of the past several years...
...College graduates, 33.4 percent earned magna honors this month. But previous years have reflected a downward trend. While 36.2 percent of the Class of 2001 boasted the second-highest honors recommendation, the figure dropped to 34.4 percent the following year. The Class of 2003 had 30.5 percent of its graduates come away with magna honors...
...honors, approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in May 2002, restricts magna and summa awards to 20 percent of the graduating class and permits no more than 50 percent of the class to graduate summa, magna or cum laude. The policy will go into effect next year...
...recent local and European elections was as much a sign of dissatisfaction over the Iraq war, largely seen as a blow to European cooperativeness, as it was a sign of a yearning for independence. Calls for “democracy over bureaucracy” are as old as the Magna Carta, and they continue now in the form of the rising U.K. Independence Party, which, like the Tories, is quite happy with the Pound and doesn’t want to be bossed around by countries that use the Euro, thank you very much...