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...confused. As your report made clear, economic success is a cruel joke to most of our country's 160 million people. The sole beneficiary of skyrocketing property prices is the group composed of the ruling ?lite and the wealthy. They made fortunes in a very short span. But most middle-class Pakistanis are left with only ruined hopes. In the wake of rising inflation, a lackluster job market and stagnant salaries, a salaried worker can never think of buying an apartment or a modest house in his lifetime. Millions will have to forgo that dream. The gap between rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...treated to an unreal world where we want to believe. The stark grays of reality—and the gloom of abject poverty—are complemented by the rainbow colors of candy in the Wonka factory and the brilliant blues in the spick-and-span toothpaste plant where Charlie’s father worked...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burton Reworks ‘Wonka,’ Scores a Sweet Success | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

Buehrens will begin his new appointment in September, working with University Provost Steven E. Hyman to provide oversight for a variety of initiatives that span the University...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deputy Provost for Administration Tapped | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...Length of a new bridge opened last week in Charleston, S.C., with the longest cable-stayed span in North America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 25, 2005 | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...have always asked myself how Boston could be turned into a leading economic, scientific and educational hub in the United States as it is today within such a short time span,” Khai said, according to a transcript of his remarks. “That question has somehow been answered through...the perfect links between first-class universities and state-of-the-art technology on the one side and business investment on the other...

Author: By Jenny Tsai, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On First Trip to U.S., Vietnam Prime Minister Visits Harvard | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

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