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Perhaps no incident can better describe the feeling of being in over one's head than my experience shopping for classes this semester. I was interested in a particular seminar, although I suspected that my preparation for the course might not quite be up to par. But in the hazy glow of shopping week, I decided to give it a try. I hiked over to the classroom, hidden deep within that strangely inaccessible ring of studies and offices in Widener Library, and pushed open the door. As I scanned the faces of the ten people in the room, I recognized...
...billion in clothing exported by the N.M.I., including Saipan, to the U.S., much of it bearing the MADE IN THE U.S.A. label despite having no U.S. content and no U.S. labor in its assembly, puts the Northern Marianas on a par as an exporter with countries like Canada and Thailand. Competition from this territory has contributed to the loss of more than 100,000 U.S. apparel jobs over the past two years. And in 1998 the U.S. taxpayer will lose $250 million in revenue forgone on tariffs. How much longer can we afford to let the N.M.I. abuse its territorial...
Harvard's traditional reputation--and reality--as a grooming school for the international ruling elite makes the school an excellent fit for squash junkies, perhaps on par with Princeton, but better academically. The bargain is mutual: squash players boost Harvard's team, and the team provides a welcome outlet for kids who were nursed on slow-bouncing, soft, black rubber balls. Harvard's new reputation--and reality--as a meritocratic training ground for new generations of symbolic analysts has added a welcome twist to the squash world. Those students from public high schools, who might have had a decent tennis...
...linked to the disparity in human cost on the U.S. and Iraqi sides of the conflict. The Gulf War and its televised missile operations gave us an impression that the conflict was costless. For the Iraqis, however, it was not. If American losses were expected to be on par with Iraqi casualties, it can safely be said that we in the U.S. would not be so eager to attack...
...move expected to bring Harvard athletic facilities up to par with those of competing colleges, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles announced the construction of a new playing field at the Faculty meeting Thursday. The field will be constructed, thanks to a donor gift, from artificial turf...