Word: smartness
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...focus their attention on the student viewers. No, they are not psychologists studying sports fanatics. According to a network executive who wishes to remain anonymous, their intent is to capture exciting footage of intelligent student fans in the U.S., in order to show that “top notch smart people can be here” watching major league baseball. Unfortunately. the students are more interested in writing their Justice response papers than watching every pitch. After emphasizing several times that they do have permission to invade student space, the crew of three gets to work filming (several times...
...Though his Bush credentials made him very unpopular, the Wolfowitz ouster wound up traumatizing many international organizations - and that was before general crisis set in," says a high-ranking French civil servant who worked with Strauss-Kahn before he won the IMF position. "Strauss-Kahn is viewed as accomplished, smart and very capable. Because of that, the prevailing view seems to be, 'Let's hope this turns out to be nothing, because the IMF and the world really needs this guy to come through...
...already at work. According to a 2007 report by the nonprofit Sutton Trust, cognitive test scores of bright 3-year-olds from the poorest British households drop around 30% by the time the children reach age 5. As kids grow, so does the education gap. The chances for smart-but-poor Britons to reach top universities are slim. A 2006 study for the Bonn-based Institute for the Study of Labor found that Britain had the lowest social mobility of the 12 developed countries surveyed...
...that to happen, however, we need serious government policy: smart subsidies for alternative energy and green building, retraining for green-collar jobs, more research money for clean tech - and hopefully a tax on carbon. Both Presidential candidates have gestured at this - though Sen. Barack Obama, who has pledged to spend $150 billion over 10 years on clean tech, is ready to do more...
...Cartwright sees more of the benefits than the burden that the Radcliffe history eventually brings.“I don’t find that it’s an unusual burden at Harvard; [rather], I embrace it,” Cartwright said. “The students are smart, they know what to do.”Former heavyweight captain Carrie (Williams) Morelock ’07 will join Cartwright on the lightweight staff, serving as assistant coach.Although the benefits of coaching at Harvard abound, Cartwright is still constrained by time. Just recently named head coach on Sept...