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...entrepreneurship. Volunteers also teach villagers dispute management and “moral values,” while reducing the influence of religious and caste divisions in the village. According to Pathak, the work of the volunteers helps the communities progress into cohesive units. By 2005, 80 villages were self-reliant, she said. Pathak said she hopes to increase the number to 500 by 2010. “Everybody likes our model,” she said. The project’s success even prompted a visit from former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. “Wherever...
...finance has soared as a proportion of the local economy, it has eclipsed other sectors. London was once a major center for industry, for example, but manufacturing now accounts for just 6% of the city's output, half the proportion of two decades ago. Has London become too reliant on a single industry, putting all of its eggs into one volatile basket? "Obviously people see it as a risk, and if there's a prolonged downturn, it will become an issue," says Andrew Goodwin, a senior economist at Oxford Economics, who nonetheless believes that while "there is a concern...
...with ruling a Third World backwater. But geography won't allow it. Syria is at the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in which Syria has no choice but take sides. Since the Alawites cannot settle with Tel Aviv and survive the wrath of the Muslim Brothers, it remains reliant on its alliance with Tehran. And this is not to mention that with the division between Shi'ites and Sunnis widening, the Alawites will feel they need Iran and its message of belligerence to Israel more than ever. So if, for instance, Iran suggests that Syria respond to Saturday...
...strings. As Harvard’s endowment has ballooned over the past decade, spending has increased in kind, with $1.6 billion in expenditures coming from the endowment last fiscal year. As late as 2005, the payout from the endowment was still under $1 billion. With the University becoming increasingly reliant on the endowment for its operating expenses, Harvard will have to hope its investments can continue to flourish in a precarious market environment. —Staff writer Wyatt P. Gleichauf can be reached at wgleich@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas.harvard.edu...
Once, Ne-Yo was a dude’s dude. Insofar as is possible for any falsetto-reliant R&B balladeer, he was a bro. He betrayed his inner wag on his sex-crazed second solo album, 2007’s “Because of You,” unabashedly playing the field with no regard for female feelings. When Ghostface Killah needed fraternal solidarity on “Fishscale” single “Back Like That,” Ne-Yo was there to help him admonish his unfaithful paramour (while what Ghost had done...