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...fighting this scourge—through individual acts of resistance. 5th Pillar is creating and distributing “zero-rupee notes” to citizens across India; when asked for a bribe, individuals hand over a zero-rupee note instead. This efficient and cheap initiative has already met considerable success in fighting bribery. Further anti-corruption efforts in the developing world should emulate the zero-rupee note’s strategy of addressing the social norms underlying corruption; such efforts will be more effective than initiatives that have aimed to combat corruption through structural adjustments...
Thus, a project that initially began in 2007 with the distribution of 25,000 notes in the southern state of Tamil Nadu “met with such high demand” that 5th Pillar has now given out close to one million notes and is expanding the program from its initial starting locale in southern India...
...Championships this past weekend needing to place eighth or better as a team in order to advance to the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Semifinals held later this spring. Therefore, that was their primary goal heading into the competition among an 18-team field at Connecticut College, and Harvard met this goal with a sixth-place effort...
Saturday morning, beneath threatening, dark skies, two ancient foes met for battle in the icy chop of the Charles River Basin. The coxswains’ cries for pressure and precision were audible despite the howling tailwind. And cheers for respective crews echoed from the Mass. Ave Bridge to the battlefield below. But, midway through combat, a piercing crack of hull against hull rattled the air and left one brigade of oarsmen sinking to the icy depths while the other advanced victorious...
...student reported that the class of about 10 students met again on April 12 in a building on Brattle Street. According to the student, Arthur said he had been teaching the course for five years and showed the class e-mails proving that he had booked the Science Center room for the course, which first met March...