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...public health schools in the nation, Bloom still pushed forward a new, more practical curricular component, based on his knowledge of what his students would face when they left school. This curricular revision, which was overseen by a group of the school’s associate deans, shifted the path of study away from more traditional, theoretical studies in public health toward practical, current case studies. This revamped curriculum will directly benefit current students and classroom culture: Already, HSPH classes running under the new curriculum have been reported to be more interactive, engaging, and practical by the student body. Beyond...
...suit, the tie, the high-school-debate-team poise. “It’s like he was created by central casting to be the kid who wants to be president,” Bumatai said in a phone interview. Chris already had his path to the White House worked out. He was waiting to hear if he had been accepted to Harvard. After that, it would be law school, then practicing law, then running for the House or the Senate, and finally the presidency. “When you say the House of Representatives—locally here...
...explaining to friends that she and her husband weren’t forcing Chris to memorize anything. “Otherwise they’d think we were weird parents,” she said. Chris was just an unusual child. Since his toddler years, Chris said, his prospective path to the White House has changed, but not the final goal. “It’s a question of utility,” Chris explained. “Everyone wants to help the world. Some people say, I’m going to be a teacher...
...those had been officially placed under investigation for participating in the spree of potentially deadly sabotage. In most of those incidents, hooked metal bars had been attached to high-voltage electricity lines that power high-speed trains; when the bars were snagged by passing locomotives, they plowed a path of destruction through high-voltage power lines. A total of six incidents of sabotage were recorded since Oct. 26, including a coordinated operation Nov. 8 that targeted four different rail lines in northern France and caused delays of nearly 160 high-speed TGV trains - including Eurostar service to London - leaving thousands...
...export-oriented to an internal focus,'" says Ben Simpfendorfer, a China economist with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong. He Liping, a professor of economics at Peking University, agrees. "I personally see this crisis as an opportunity to reduce our dependence on export and adopt a healthier path," he says...