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...returns. To the contrary, this pay level has not been established by competition on the free marketplace but is merely an irresponsibly generous figure set by a group of people whose names have not been revealed (but should be). Even if the endowment were to be managed externally, the sheer size of Harvard’s endowment would give it extraordinary leverage to negotiate favorable fees...
...Assistant professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies, Washington D.C. When the Shin Corp. deal happened, that tipped people to say enough is enough. But Thaksin created the situation. He felt invulnerable, dismissed his critics and thought he could push things through with sheer force of personality. The Thais will put up with a lot, and then they can be as hard as anyone else...
...call citizen journalism, reflects the democratization of information. The collision of media and technology has given us powerful, inexpensive tools to create digital content, ranging from blogs to podcasts to videos and more. Distribution, too, has been opened via global communications networks. But as these media floodgates open, the sheer quantity of information available will force citizens to develop new tools to filter media sources and develop a more skeptical approach to what they read, listen to, and view.The age of citizen media is coming. Contrary to some utopian (or is that dystopian?) claims, it is not likely to kill...
...figure skating judges. Baron de Coubertin’s vision remains intact. During the last two weeks, the world was once again host to something thoroughly improbable: a gathering of approximately 2,700 athletes from six continents, demonstrating the best that our world has to offer in sportsmanship and sheer will. I find this no tragedy. EMILY A. BRUEMMER ’09 March...
...abortion certificates filed in Texas between 1997 and 2003 - before and after the state's parental notification law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2000. They chose Texas because it is the largest and most populous of the 35 states that enforce consent or notification laws, and its sheer size makes it difficult for minors to cross the border to get abortions in another state...