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NIGERIA Code of Conduct African leaders sought to bolster international investment on the continent by implementing a peer-review system to monitor economic reform and good governance. Meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, representatives of 19 countries agreed on eight draft codes of conduct to be monitored by an independent African body. The aim is to ensure Africa keeps its side of the deal to attract some $64 billion a year under a proposed "Marshall Plan" for Africa, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD...
While Harvard is comparable to its peer institutions in terms of grade inflation, Summers said, it “stands out considerably” on the issue of honors from similar universities, which typically award them to about half a graduating class...
Given the presence of such programs at other university, Laure “Voop” de Vulpillieres ’02, the Harvard student who founded the New England Queer College organization, says the differences between Harvard and its peer institutions are troubling...
There's really no reason to get agitated about Britney's generic music or dreadful new film. Her primary function is not musical or cinematic but educational: to instruct girls in the complex lessons of peer envy and to get 12-year-old boys on the fast track to concupiscence. Similarly, Crossroads, whose $10 million budget was put up by Spears' label, is less a movie than a multimedia branding, an extension of the Britney franchise--a marketing tool, exactly like the singer's Pepsi spots, though without their craft, verve or production values...
...Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO), a student-run support group that offers a hotline and peer counseling, will seek a wider audience this week with workshops and displays about eating disorders at the Science Center...