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...according to government statistics. "Foreigners used to learn Japanese for career reasons," says Tsutomu Sugiura, an adviser for the Marubeni Research Institute in Tokyo. "But today they learn because they are interested in Japanese culture." To help spread Japanese, the Japan Foundation, the nation's rough equivalent to the British Council or Germany's Goethe Institute, invites 500 foreign teachers from more than 50 nations to Japan each year for all-expenses-paid training programs. (Alimansyar is currently participating in the course.) The Foundation also plans to establish 100 Japanese-language hubs overseas by 2010, more than double those that...
...move reassured doubtful green activists. Concern for the environment is traditionally the first thing thrown overboard when economic seas get rough. That's what appeared to have happened in June, when the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, the first national bill mandating greenhouse-gas emissions caps to receive a full vote in the Senate, went down in defeat, in part because critics exploited fears that the bill would raise already record-high energy prices...
...about what we can accomplish in the spring,” sophomore Grace Charles said. ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPWild weather led to a shortened slate of competition for the co-ed field, but Harvard stayed strong in the five-race event. “We went in expecting a pretty rough weekend both weather-wise and because the competition was really good,” sophomore Teddy Himler said. A lack of wind on Saturday prevented any races from occurring, and heavy winds on Sunday caused the Crimson to readjust its lineup, switching out its normal crews for heavy crews Himler...
PHILADELPHIA—When two teams are vying for the top spot in the league, their meeting is likely to get rough. Saturday’s pairing of Harvard and Penn—going into the game tied for first in the Ivies with Brown at 4-1—was nothing if not physical. “I give our kids a tremendous amount of credit for everything they’ve had to overcome, and the way they’ve fought and persevered, and I couldn’t be prouder of them...
...second overtime on Nov. 8 against Columbia, it was fitting that the team’s bid to advance at NCAAs should go to extra kicks.But lightning did not strike twice for Harvard, as Northeastern proved the better of the two in the final contest.The penalty kicks started out rough for the Crimson. After the Huskies began with a make, co-captain Nikki Rhodes, after not playing the entire game, came out to take the Harvard attempt.Despite her apparent foot injury, she drilled a shot to the left side, but Gordon was up to the task, corralling the ball with...