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...parents’ recent divorce, a resentment that leads her to push aside her brilliant talent as a Julliard-bound pianist in favor of an emotional seclusion from anything that reminds her of him. However, upon meeting the handsome Will Blakelee, played by Liam Hemsworth, Ronnie is able to soften her heart and open it to her family again, bonding with her father through their shared love for music...
...measures, suggesting they could be more effective than U.N. sanctions. But the Administration is also concerned about hurting ordinary Iranians, or shattering whatever international consensus currently exists on dealing with the Iran issue. And opposition to sanctions by many of Iran's neighbors and key trading partners would likely soften the impact of unilateral sanctions...
...graduate schools easier. Harvard should encourage this sort of activity with improved academic advising on cross-registration and expanded opportunities for it. Additionally, faculty hiring is frozen, and many professors are taking early retirement or have left for Washington. Thus, professors should be expected to teach more classes to soften the blow from lost courses, like the Economics Department’s junior seminars, until faculty levels return to normal. Professors are the best resources that undergraduates have, and as long as we still have enough faculty-taught courses to meet demand, undergraduates will leave Harvard with an incredible education...
...graduate schools easier. Harvard should encourage this sort of activity with improved academic advising on cross-registration and expanded opportunities for it. Additionally, faculty hiring is frozen, and many professors are taking early retirement or have left for Washington. Thus, professors should be expected to teach more classes to soften the blow from lost courses, like the Economics Department’s junior seminars, until faculty levels return to normal. Professors are the best resources that undergraduates have, and as long as we still have enough faculty-taught courses to meet demand, undergraduates will leave Harvard with an incredible education...
...Indian economy is not immune to risks. The government has to contend with a yawning budget deficit, and last year's weak monsoon rains will likely undercut agricultural production and soften rural consumer spending. But rapid growth is expected to continue. The World Bank forecasts India's economy will surge 7.6% in 2010 and 8% in 2011, not far behind the 9% rate it predicts for China for each of those years. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, when speaking about his country's more plodding pace of economic policymaking, has said that "slow and steady will win the race...