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...global warming or human rights, there needed to be a way for users to exchange ideas across borders, Hopkins said. He said the online streaming of video offers an opportunity to break free of the limits of the TV spectrum, where “content becomes very base and mean, and hence you get things that tend to cater to the average viewer.” Hopkins said he initially arranged a meeting with Summers to discuss what it would take to convince the former treasury secretary to participate as an expert on the site. Summers raised concerns about scholarly...
...never really thought of myself as “American” until I went abroad. I mean, sure, I am a citizen of the United States of America, but until recently I was reluctant to identify myself too closely with Uncle Sam. During the first part of my study-abroad experience, when I spoke of America, it was often with embarrassment: embarrassment about our cheesy pop music, our high pollution rates, and our Republican president...
...period with neither Core nor Gen Ed would not mean a window in which, for a few fleeting years, Harvard would “become Brown.” Concentration requirements would remain just as rigorous and, if need be, the faculty could impose a loose distribution requirement. Such a distribution requirement was, in fact, the original result of Harvard’s search to replace the Core. A brief interlude under such a requirement would not disadvantage students who entered under the current system, and would also allow the College to be sure it made the right choice...
...insurgent silver in Iowa only to place a brutal fourth in New Hampshire, winning just one primary after that, his home state of South Carolina, before dropping out. "We're much stronger than we were last time, that's clear," Edwards said in an interview with TIME. "I mean we have more support, we have better organization and I'm very encouraged by all that." His third place showing in New Hampshire this time around, though, still makes it a challenge for him to regain momentum going into South Carolina, Nevada and beyond in a crowded three-person field...
...senior Aussie players thought they had an agreement with the Indians that such behavior would not be tolerated on the field. But Indian commentators and former players argue that the word "monkey," even if it was used, is not offensive in India, where it is often used to mean "impish" or "mischievious" and where the monkey God Hanuman is a hero...