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...should the United States government bolster aid to the developing world in the midst of the worst disaster since the Great Depression? First, it’s a chance to earn some respect internationally. Over the last eight years, American aid flows have done little more than keep pace with inflation despite promises otherwise. Second, collaboration at this time will set the stage for the systemic changes needed to reform the global economic order so that today’s crises—including credit crises—can be avoided in the future. Right now, brewing in the legislatures...
...endowment returned 8.6 percent for the year ending June 30, growing to $36.9 billion—the largest endowment total in higher education. Many other wealthy universities—including Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT—have seen their endowments grow, albeit at a slower pace, even as the stock market has crashed...
...she’d always be considered a failure in Livingstone’s mind. Livingstone, vowed to celibacy until after e-recruiting, would always be competitively single. Later that night, I saw Livingstone a few feet ahead of me on Mass. Ave. From behind, I could see her pace start to change as she turned onto Holyoke Street and passed Sandrine’s. She walked by the bistro and then stopped for a second, gazing into the big glass windows with couples eating on the other side...
...China's markets, of course, have a long way to go before they are as open and accessible to global capital flows as those in New York, London or Tokyo. But Chinese regulators believe the slow, deliberate pace of reform has helped insulate the country from the worst of the current market turmoil. Consider China's banks. Five years ago, by all accounts, they were a disaster area, plagued by bad loans, lack of capital and poor management. In 2003 nonperforming loans made up 17.9% of their total portfolios, according to government figures. By the end of last year, that...
...adds comic relief as Mrs. Winsley, a witness to the act of violence that changes the lives of Callie and Sara. While a few of the scenes in the hospital room lag, and detract from the ease of the rest of the show, the play mostly maintains a steady pace and keeps the audience wondering how everything will intertwine to complete the story. The intimate style of the Loeb Experimental Theatre is appropriate for this personally engaging play. The set, designed by Kevin J. Davies ’10, consists of a sparse hospital room, an empty space filled with...