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...said that he has high hopes for the nation’s future and that studying the region is essential to expanding HBS’ international focus. “An increasingly important player in the global economy, India will continue to drive the social and capital markets that shape our world,” he said. “It is essential for Harvard Business School to have a presence in India.” Since the inception of the Global Initiative in 1996, HBS has opened research centers in Buenos Aires, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, as well...
...killjoy. After all, for a start the British writer indulgently ferries his wonderstruck daughters to Santa's Kingdom, a vast, tawdry grotto in Birmingham, England, and then, a year later, all the way to Lapland. In between, though, Seal comes to admire Santa's prototype, as he tracks the shape-shifting Byzantine bishop St. Nicholas across 17 centuries of Christendom. Born in Christian Myra (now Demre) in southern Turkey in 280 A.D., Nick was sainted for anonymous gift giving to needy folk, and nominated a guardian of seafarers. After his bones were removed by Italian raiders to the port...
...dense areas appear relatively blue, and denser areas appear relatively red. Foster and Goodman’s images can thus be used to map a cloud’s interior structure. “By using the reflective light, we’ll be able to see the exact shape and density structure of the cloud,” explained Foster. “That shape is determined by the different physical processes that go on.” “The role of these different forces determines not only the shape of the cloud, but also how stars...
...Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Santa's prototype, as he tracks the shape-shifting Byzantine bishop St. Nicholas across 17 centuries of Christendom. Born in Christian Myra (now Demre) in southern Turkey in 280 A.D., Nick was sainted for anonymous gift giving to needy folk, and nominated a guardian of seafarers. After his bones were removed by Italian raiders to the port...
...Meet The New Planets" discussed some of the recently discovered planetlike objects that are orbiting our sun [Oct. 24] and the difficulty astronomers are having in deciding what is a planet. How about defining a planet as an object that is massive enough to be squeezed into a spherical shape by gravity, does not orbit another such object and orbits the sun in the same plane as the eight objects that we considered planets before 1930? Then Pluto and others with tilted orbits could be called planetoids. There, that was easy...