Word: sectoral
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Greedy lawyers in the private transnational adoptions sector are creating unnecessary family separations, Rosa M. Ortiz, a member of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child, said in a debate at Harvard last night. Arguing against her was Elizabeth Bartholet, Wasserstein public interest professor of law, who said that the global community should promote international adoption because the children affected generally grow up in loving, healthy families, which otherwise might not be possible. Bartholet and Ortiz made their assertions as part of a debate on the topic of transnational adoptions hosted by the Harvard University Committee...
...intend to say that school authorities were prohibited from distributing anything questioning this decision,” Silvergate said.“This particular issue...is still being debated by credible historians,” said Griswold. “When you have a historical debate in the private sector, students need to be taught both sides so they can make up their own minds...
Getting caught funneling money to Saddam Hussein is certainly bad for p.r. But beyond that, after former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker issued a report last week on the private sector's role in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, it isn't yet clear what will happen to the firms that allegedly handed Saddam $1.8 billion under the table...
...local electronica group. The crowd is a good-natured mix of students, style mavens and young expats, while the staff - shaggy of hair and baggy of trousers - is almost entirely made up of college kids from well-off families. Previously, Jakarta's jeunesse dorée shunned service-sector jobs. Now, they're clamoring for a foot in the door. Aksara's new role as a cultural producer is part of the allure. It recently launched a book on Indonesian architecture under its own imprint, and it's now working on a TV show about the creative process. Aksara Records...
...local electronica group. The crowd is a good-natured mix of students, style mavens and young expats, while the staff-shaggy of hair and baggy of trousers-is almost entirely made up of college kids from well-off families. Previously, Jakarta's jeunesse dorée shunned service-sector jobs. Now, they're clamoring for a foot in the door...