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...These awards, known as the Gleitsman International and Citizen Activist awards, will now be handed down by the Center for Public Leadership. The awards have stirred occasional controversy—recipients include Ralph Nader and Jack Kevorkian. Center for Public Leadership Director David R. Gergen said the membership of the awards committee will not change and will continue to honor what Gleitsman stood for when giving the awards. “We ought to be daring because agents of social change are often controversial. That goes with the territory,” said Gergen, who is also a professor...
...have a troubled child, do you say, "Go out of the house, I don't want to talk to you?"' ONG KENG YONG, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, rejecting a U.S. proposal to suspend Burma's membership in the regional group over its human-rights violations...
...only a few people in the world” who can use the technique, said her advisor, earth and planetary sciences professor Daniel P. Schrag. Sambu, who received the scholarship as a representative of his native Kenya, has a similarly impressive collection of activities, including membership in several African leadership clubs and a hobby of amateur acrobatics. His thesis is on biodegradable scaffolding for organ transplants. “My interest really would be to conduct research,” he said. “My particular interest is that it should have some impact in Kenya, and in most...
Still, the transition to E.U. membership could be tough, as Poland has an 18% unemployment rate and an inefficient farming sector. The nation's finances are also deteriorating, with total debt creeping up toward 60% of GDP. Sikora said most Polish economists believe Poland should adopt the euro as soon as possible, perhaps by 2007. But he says that uncertainties about the Growth and Stability Pact may push that date back a couple of years...
...meticulously reconstructed old square in Warsaw to medieval Cracow and the white sand beaches of the Baltic, the country boasts some of Central Europe's most unexpected pleasures. Poland is preparing to join the European Union in May, and Poles hope the higher profile that comes with E.U. membership will help put their country's undeserved reputation for dowdiness behind them. "The image of Poland will only improve," predicts Adrian Ellis, manager of Warsaw's plushest hotel, Le Royal Meridien Bristol ($400 a night). Business travelers are streaming into the capital, he says. "Warsaw's time will come...