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...intrepid. It’s photogenic. It’s got all the aesthetic attendants of multiculturalism. Sometimes it’s got a sheen of philanthropy to mollify our liberal concerns. So, goaded on by the administration, we pack our bags, register our Blogger accounts, and skip off to make our way abroad...
...private, some of it by large companies insuring their staff, some by nongovernmental groups running health programs, and a bit by rich Indians using the best private facilities. But the overwhelming majority of the spending is by poor citizens. Money is so tight that many rural Indians skip doctors and rely on advice from local pharmacists, who too often prescribe cough syrup or tablets that do nothing to help. Because only one in 10 Indians has any form of health insurance, out-of-pocket payments for medical care amount to 98.4% of total health expenditures by households, according...
...true that TheFinalClub.org fuels this lazy fire, giving students yet another excuse to skip class. The site, however, isn’t targeted at students looking for shortcuts. Luyi Zhang ’10 sees the site as a helping hand for hard-working Harvardians: “I don’t want to skip class. When I skip class, it’s because of lack of sleep or work. So a site like this really wouldn’t be an incentive for me to skip class. It would just be a nice safety barrier...
...from a replacement for lecture attendance and readings. “If you want to pass the class, you can do that,” he says of the scope of the site. “You won’t get an A reading our blog. If you skip all the classes, you’re quite frankly screwed...
...We’re not making it so people can skip classes,” Undergraduate Council President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said. “It’s just putting the decision directly into the hands of the faculty members...