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...commission veered from its central focus to such recent issues as food and product safety, which also affects foreign consumers of Chinese exports. The report praised Beijing for reforms, but complained of "inadequate and inconsistent implementation, corruption and a lack of regulatory incentives." Worse, the government discouraged consumer organizations and harassed people for reporting problems with consumer products. Likewise, environmental reforms have been hampered by uncooperative local authorities and official suppression of green activists and the free flow of information, the report said...
...These changes are the product of a shared belief—a long time in the making—among the leaders of Harvard University that ideas such as diversity are inseparable from the institution’s mission. During Faust’s tenure as the University’s 28th president, we hope that this democratic sensibility inside of Harvard’s gates translates into external improvements as well, specifically in the form of increased institutional social consciousness. Harvard’s reach is expanding near and far from Massachusetts Hall, and President Faust has an extraordinary...
...remaining dorms. The new showerheads, manufactured by Indianapolis, Ind.-based Delta Faucet Company, use 1.6 gallons of water per minute instead of the 2.5 gallons expended by standard showerheads, according to Paul J. Hegarty, the building manager of Leverett House. The company touts on its Web site that its product provides a shower that “actually feels like 2.5 gallons per minute.” Harvard Yard Operations expects that replacing the showerheads in the freshman dorms alone will save nearly 2.5 million gallons of water and $40,000 annually. “Anything that...
Although “We Own the Night” is set in a stark, drab New York City of 1988, it is unmistakably a product of our current social climate—a loud glorification of government-backed violence and a raucous endorsement of a “do whatever it takes” mentality. In the film’s world, cops are still called pigs, cocaine rules the street, Blondie still plays at clubs, and mobsters with ponytails wear tight leather jackets. But such 80s cultural stereotypes seem anachronistic, mostly because they so poorly mask the fact...
...test his game against the legends he's chasing--Nicklaus, Palmer, Player--but he has put his name on the line against those greats in course development. Carrying the bag for Tiger Woods Design, president Bryon Bell admits the pressure is on. "Tiger does have to deliver a great product, and that's the reason we've focused so hard to find a great site and a great partner to give us the best opportunity to deliver a design that will knock it out of the park...