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...indications are that he was hit in some manner,” said Parker, adding that it was “not a car accident...
...conscience of our culture,” responsible for providing the clarity that neither the government nor the news media is capable of. Their poems are not only acts of civic protest, but also affirmations of the immediate social power of literature; understood in this manner, literature does not provide a haven from our world, but a way to cultivate the sympathies necessary to being better citizens in it. What is revolutionary about this kind of poetry is that it doesn’t discriminate between form and function: a precisely placed word invests literature with the ability to move...
...today are not that perfect. At its most imperfect, the apprenticeship model has been perverted into a cheap labor source for the university. In a difficult economy, graduate students are forced to supplement meager stipends with more teaching-assistant work, little of which is managed in the apprentice-like manner it is supposed to be. Working long hours just to make ends meet, with little job security from one semester to the next, it is no surprise that graduate students across the country are turning to a historically successful method for improving working conditions...
...social exposure to different cultures and personality types,” he says. “International students who have experienced this are thoroughly enriched and are able to understand the academic, social, political and corporate institutions that prevail around the world, and draw upon these in a manner that suits their country best. The ability to make an informed decision, be it in business or politics, is strengthened by Harvard’s emphasis of diversity of thought...
...Stop & Shop in the U.S. and 7,000 stores in Europe, including Supersol and Hipersol in Spain and ICA throughout Scandinavia? In some respects, the company is a victim of its own reach. Van der Hoeven, 55, is a tall, heavy-smoking former Shell executive with a commanding manner. When he took over as CEO in 1993, he promptly launched an international acquisition binge that turned the once family-owned firm into a colossus with 35 companies spread over four continents and sales in 2002 the company puts at more than €70 billion. "He's been exemplary," says David...