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...number of graduate students rose from 72 in 1998 to 150 today, with graduate applications more than tripling in the same period, according to Faculty of Arts and Sciences spokesman Steve Bradt...
...bones in the cave? "Of course, they were our ancestors," says Jurubu, with a touch of rheumy indignation. "They must have retreated into the cave after a hunt and got caught there when the river rose. Who else could it be?" That's proving to be a question for the ages...
...DIED. SUNIL DUTT, 75, Bollywood actor turned politician who rose from poverty to star in 100 movies and later spent two decades in India's Parliament; in Bombay. One of India's best-loved actors, Dutt's breakthrough role came in 1957 as an idealistic young man who stands up to loan sharks in the Academy Award-nominated classic Mother India. Elected to Parliament five times starting in 1984 as a member of the Congress Party, he became India's Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs in 2004. On his death, chairperson of India's ruling coalition Sonia Gandhi praised...
Attack of the Locusts! Not long ago, going public was the hottest move a company could make. These days, it's going private. Private equity funds are soaring worldwide, particularly in Europe, where the value of buyouts rose by 23% last year to €80 billion, according to the U.K.-based Centre for Management Buy-Out Research, and seems likely to keep rising. Not everyone likes the trend; German officials have likened the firms to "locusts." But U.S. funds alone have trebled their investments in Europe over the past four years. Many of them are currently raising huge war chests...
...love with its emphasis on the basic relationship of leader to soldier, its elemental emphasis on men, not machinery. He didn't focus on just the dreamier ideals. The minutiae of leadership and the daily self-assessment--Am I doing enough to prepare myself?--became an obsession. As he rose into his first leadership roles during sophomore year, Zielinski calmly assessed his relationship with his high school sweetheart. "I needed to be more available for my men," he says. "The relationship was keeping me from being the best leader I could be." He broke...