Word: recentering
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...graduate schools to a total of 50 students. “When a bright student needs money, he or she should be able to come,” said Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez, who signed the agreement on behalf of the University. The recently negotiated deal marks Harvard’s shifting strategy in securing sources of funding. In recent months, University administrators have taken steps to ensure that terms of such agreements are flexible enough to accommodate its beneficiaries, whose needs will likely change over time. Donations frequently come with strings attached. A fund...
...held by Brett C. Sweet. Gorodentsev, an avid long-distance runner who wakes up at 5:05 most mornings for her regular runs, believes in taking on the full marathon if she’s even going to try.‘A UTILITY PLAYER’At a recent meeting for department administrators, FAS officials said they were interviewing candidates “who would be committed to Harvard and hopefully wouldn’t leave—you know—so soon” to fill vacant deanships, said Classics Department administrator Teresa Wu.After less than...
...first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.” President Barack Obama retook control of the drawn-out national debate on health-care reform with his recent address to Congress. Some amalgamation of the five bills currently before Congress will probably become law this year...
...Instead, special health courts with expert judges should hear medical malpractice cases, a model similar to tax or bankruptcy courts. This would preserve plaintiffs’ legal right to sue while limiting unwarranted damages, reducing the cost of medical care. In a recent New York Times op-ed, former Senator Bill Bradley proposed a bipartisan compromise in which Republicans accept a public option in return for tort reform. Although political considerations probably make such a deal impossible, Congress should reconsider Bradley’s proposal...
...worth speculating how the well-documented phenomenon of Ostalgie - nostalgia for the former communist state - will fare in these cities during what will be a reflective few weeks. As memories of the old regime fade, there has naturally been an attempt to re-evaluate the D.D.R.'s legacy. In recent years, films like 2003's Good Bye Lenin!, a wry telling of reunification's effects on an East German family, have captured the imaginations of fashionable urbanites. Others have professed an occasionally ironic love for old East German aesthetics - communist-era branding, old Wartburg and Trabant cars, and vintage Praktika...