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...flying," says Kate Hanni, the founder of The Coalition for an Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights, a grassroots organization that formed after the American Airlines delays and now has 15,000 members; Hanni's coalition is also supported by organizations including Public Citizen and the Aviation Consumer Action Project - both founded by Ralph Nader - and U.S. PIRG (also known as Public Interest Research Groups). According to the Geneva Convention, prisoners of war have better rights than an airline passenger," adds Hanni, whose American Airlines plane was stranded for eight hours last December, during which time she says...
...added that he had “no stake” in deciding whether President-elect Drew G. Faust would continue to write and file an annual report. In his report, which was addressed to the alumni Board of Overseers, Bok reflects on the major projects of his year, citing in particular the completion of the curricular review, the continued momentum on Harvard’s expansion into Allston, and the establishment of the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee, which is charged with encouraging interdisciplinary scientific research. Bok’s assessment captures a university in transition. He writes...
...planning, budgets, and schedules, right down to mapping the route that construction trucks will use to travel to the first building site. This is all critical work that must be done to the highest standards. But the promise of Allston for Harvard requires us to lift our sights beyond project details. Our promise will be realized in the creation of a truly special place...
...difficult to project or predict the outcome of these efforts. We have recently initiated a series of discussions between hospital-based academic leaders and our basic science chairs. The meetings have been informative and discussions productive. It is essential that they continue. And they ought to extend to more tangible planning efforts with the other schools at Harvard. It is the objective of the newly created Harvard University Committee on Science and Engineering to assess and define various options in this regard. I am pleased to see that the Medical School and the hospitals are well-represented on the committee?...
...Helped by a British development grant, the embroidery project started out small, but the quality of its product soon got the attention of the international fashion industry. Today, form-hugging jeans and sexy silk blouses embroidered by the traditional craftswomen of Siwa grace the catwalks of Milan for Italian designer Ermanno Scervino, while the brand name Siwa Creations sells in exclusive outlets in Turin, Florence, London, Paris and New York. "We wanted to make an authentic line that was wearable by a modern woman anywhere in the world," says Laila proudly...