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...also claimed that students are discouraged from taking departmental classes in their first year, but those are what my adviser advised me to take—classes to help me pick my concentration. She shifted my attention from core classes and encouraged me to shop courses in departments she thought might interest me. Although I cannot vouch for the entire freshman class, I can say that my adviser steered me in the right direction. But I agree with the idea of instituting a program connecting upperclassmen with freshman in terms of advising...
...acts like a bull in a china shop; he acts like a bully in a very delicate and dangerous situation,” West said in an interview on National Public Radio. “Harvard deserves so much better, it seems to me, than this quality of leadership...
...1980s and '90s, an unassuming Thai boutique called Greyhound did respectable business in Bangkok's Siam Center shopping mall, selling reasonably priced clothes that melded international urban chic with local tastes. For its co-owner and designer, an advertising executive named Bhanu Inkawat, the shop was little more than a weekend hobby. But in 2003, with Thailand starting to become more fashion conscious, Bhanu saw an opportunity: he quit his day job and poured his energy into Greyhound. Today, Bhanu, 50, presides over a growing style empire with 12 designers, 14 clothing stores and seven caf?s in Bangkok, franchises...
...beneficiaries of Thailand's new fashion consciousness is Disaya Prakobsantisukh, a lingerie designer who opened her first Bangkok shop in 2004 while still a fashion student in London. Disaya, 27, sells her Boudoir brand in five spots around Bangkok. She describes her creations?which also include lingerie-inspired ready-to-wear clothes?as "very femme ... sexy and childish at the same time." Even though they're locally made, they're not cheap: a hand-knitted, torn-chiffon dress sells for $550. But that doesn't seem to be hurting her business?this year's plans include tripling the size...
Areva should capitalize on any comeback because it is a one-stop nuke shop, with revenue last year of $13.5 billion and earnings of $513 million--almost a one-third share of the worldwide market. Unlike its key competitors, Westinghouse and General Electric, Areva spans all aspects of the business. It mines and enriches uranium ore to make nuclear fuel; it designs and constructs reactors and helps operate them; and it recycles the spent fuel and packages the remaining waste...