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...preliminary nature of the deal is clear enough: North Korea agreed to shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, where it's believed to have produced the fissile material needed to make the six to 10 nuclear weapons Kim is estimated to possess. Pyongyang has also promised to allow international inspectors into the country to verify compliance within 60 days. In return, the North is to receive an emergency shipment of 50,000 tons of fuel oil from the U.S., China, Russia and South Korea. The oil is desperately needed to run electric power plants in the impoverished land...
Harvard assumes, not always without reason, that its American undergraduates possess scant knowledge of European and Ancient History. To fill this void, the college offers courses such as History 10a, “Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From Antiquity to 1650” and History 10b, which does the same job from 1648 up to the present...
Furthermore, historical context is important not just academically but in order to fully comprehend the present developments in America, such as the misadventure in Iraq and the debate on immigration. Given America’s superpower status, every Harvard graduate ought to possess a broad and sophisticated understanding of American history—something not always provided even by an American high school. Given that most Harvard undergraduates, both international and not, will work and live in America, understanding the roots of public discourse will invariably help students better comprehend the world around them...
...black community, as many feel unable to relate to a “shared” experience of historical struggle. At Harvard, an increasing number of students are wealthy elites, whose immense privilege has insulated them from suffering due to race, or first- and second-generation African immigrants, who possess ties to a different history and different problems...
Whether or not the next president is a woman, Harvard Graduate Council president Cheng Zhu says that Harvard’s next chief should possess “a feminine style of leadership...