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...Europeans are trying to keep alive prospects, however dim, for a two-state solution by insisting that Israel must first seek a negotiated solution with President Abbas before moving to unilaterally redraw its boundaries; that message was reiterated to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Monday during talks with his British counterpart, Tony Blair. But while the Western governments may imagine that the popularly elected Hamas government can simply be bypassed, Abbas understands that he can't deal without a popular mandate. As a result, he's decided to try to gain one by risking everything on a political fight...
...nature, the sweeter the food, the greater the calories. Humans have adapted over millions of years to seek out food that tastes sweet, and not just for survival. Eating sweets can reduce levels of stress hormones, calm babies and relieve pain. Some experts suspect, however, that our desire for sweet things has been reinforced--and perhaps even intensified--by our environment. Susan Schiffman, a professor of medical psychology at Duke University Medical Center, has found that African Americans and Hispanics like their food significantly sweeter than the rest of the population--a result she suspects is from campaigns that market...
...investment at IREA, Spain's biggest independent real estate consulting company. "Developers and banks are generally pretty conservative in Spain," she says. "There'd have to be a dramatic drop in housing values to endanger banks." In fact, expertise gained in Spain's fat years has propelled companies to seek success abroad - thus hedging their exposure to the domestic market. Metrovacesa's €5.5 billion purchase last year of French developer Gecina made it the largest publicly traded real estate developer in Europe, and the country's biggest banks are reaching out, too. "We haven't seen...
...failing so miserably here?For many students, this stems in part from a decision to focus on extracurriculars at the expense of academics: for me, this was The Crimson. In part, it can reflect the selection of a large concentration. And in part, we do not proactively seek out faculty often enough.But to say that extracurricular commitments prevent student-faculty relationships is to give up on the education of many of Harvard’s most talented students. To say that large concentrations cannot do better is an abdication of the College’s responsibility to those interested...
...when in 1954 Board members complained to Conant’s successor, Nathan M. Pusey ’28, that the Overseers had been marginalized in important governance decisions and appointments, Pusey responded that he would informally seek their advice in the future. But, as Morton and Phyllis Keller note in “Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America’s University,” “little appeared to change...