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...better the world instead of just increasing revenue.” CAUTIOUS ACCEPTANCEStudents like Eldridge are finding that opportunities to “better the world” through consulting are increasing. Non-profits and cultural institutions are increasingly turning to outside consultants for advice on everything from museum membership and advertising to multi-million dollar expansions, according to David Resnicow, president and founder of New York-based consulting firm Resnicow Schroeder Associates. He has worked with the Museum of Modern Art, the Vatican, and the American Museum of Natural History, and his firm is currently involved with the Harvard...
...conservative daily Le Figaro headlined its editorial on the matter "S?go in the land of the Soviets," claiming such juries were of a piece with her other unrealistic proposals like making union membership mandatory and "scaring the capitalists" by regulating the free flow of international capital. Brice Hortefeux, a prime lieutenant of the probable conservative presidential candidate, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, called her idea "an attack on the Republic." In fact, as Royal's staff noted in a quickly disseminated clarification, such popular juries are nothing new; Royal first voiced the idea back in 2002, and well before that...
...Life Committee and the increase in HoCo funding were both initially approved in a hectic week this past May during which the UC overhauled its own structure. The council voted that month to impose new conditions on HoCos receiving UC funding. Those HoCos are no longer permitted to charge membership dues. In exchange, each residential HoCo now receives $4,500, a 22 percent raise. A co-chair of the Lowell HoCo, Jonathan V. Brewer ’07, said the increased funding has freed his House from its reliance on membership fees. Brewer said that Lowell HoCo leaders...
...throughout a very long naturalization ceremony, most of which is spent waiting. All of which comes after a very long naturalization application process, most of which is also spent waiting - punctuated by a brief moment of excitement when you swear you have not engaged in prostitution, Communist party membership or genocide. That...
...take off? Yes, the optimists continue to believe. Chinese officials sometimes extol the healthy qualities of wine - in any case seeing it as better than local spirits which are often made of rice, corn and other cereals. China has officially committed to reduce import tariffs as part of its membership of the World Trade Organization. And the advent of stores like VIN, albeit catering only to privileged citizens, may presage some bigger trend in the future. "Wine has become very popular, particularly among young upper-middle-class Chinese, and in particular young upper-middle-class and wealthy Chinese women with...