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...Harvard College Curricular Review has been often criticized, and rightfully so, for its overwhelmingly copycat, “me too” quality. Unabashedly following in the footsteps of curricular reforms at other universities, the curricular review has attempted to spin even the commonplace (study abroad) into a uniquely Harvard innovation (internationalization). Notably, U.S. News and World Report lists 42 schools where at least half its students study abroad, including nearby Wellesley. Even the most foundational change proposed by the review, a shift from the Core Curriculum to distribution requirements giving students “great freedom of choice...
...could get all we could sell, it would be our best-selling model," says Steve Curtis, a sales manager at Landers Toyota in Little Rock, Ark. A typical scene at a dealership: folks come in, see the Prius, notice its EPA fuel-economy rating, take it for a spin and get hooked. But in reality, drivers rarely achieve the advertised 55 m.p.g. in combined city-highway driving; 43 m.p.g. is more like it. (The discrepancy results from EPA testing methods.) So far, that doesn't seem to be crimping demand...
...heads of the littlest kids in the audience (there's plenty else to keep them giggling) but will be very gratefully received by those on parental-guidance duty. This wonderfully animated movie is a little more softly pitched than its predecessor, but it still has plenty of rollicking spin on the ball. --By Richard Schickel
...Sharon's plan was adopted by Israel and the U.S. outside of any of the established negotiating mechanisms or processes from the Oslo Accord to the U.S.-backed "Roadmap," with no involvement from the Palestinian side. The Bush administration sought to spin it as a first step toward implementing the "Roadmap," which could turn out to be true but could just as easily be wishful thinking, because nothing in the plan requires or even references any of the steps envisaged in the roadmap. Indeed, while the U.S. was painting the plan as a bold first step, Sharon was telling Israelis...
...propelled by a subsequently discredited vision of the future, Fourtou has taken an approach to Vivendi that is basic. Rather than embracing a grandiose strategy, he started by selling what was easiest to sell while asking shareholders to be patient. After some strategic twisting and turning, he decided to spin off Universal to NBC, with Vivendi retaining a 20% stake in the venture. "He's not a screamer," says a company insider. "He's very pragmatic, although once he's decided on the path, he's very determined." Almost two years into his tenure, the firm is not yet profitable...