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...world without vigorous economic growth - and this was a theme picked up at the afternoon session on "Bridging Cultures and Civilizations" - is a world in which the best spur to modernity is missing. Relative wealth enables societies to make the wrenching transition from traditional, rural norms to modern, urban ones; without the lubrication that prosperity provides, that transition can easily dissolve into political chaos and terrorism...
...spring 2001, as I fought my way up the Lhotse Face, traversed the Geneva Spur, hauled myself up the Hillary Step and finally, after two-and-a-half months, struggled onto the summit of Everest, it was impossible to shake the feeling that I was surrounded by ghosts. The recent fame of modern Sherpa climbers like Apa Sherpa, who has reached the summit 11 times, and Babu Chiri Sherpa who, before he was killed in 2001, completed a speed ascent in less than 17 hours, rests on decades of accumulated knowledge and sacrifice by the Sherpas who came before them...
...Pakistani paper's second editorial raises some pertinent concerns about President Bush's decision to abrogate the ABM treaty. It warns that deploying a missile shield will spur China to dramatically expand its missile fleet to ensure a continued nuclear deterrent against the U.S. "If China begins a build up?one effect is predictable: India will remove all stops and go for a big build up of both missiles and nuclear weapon... Should India take that road, who can then prevent Pakistani hardliners from repeating that sorry saying: 'We will eat grass but counter India.' Asia does not need...
CAVIAR PURSE, $100 If you're living the kind of life in which you often eat beluga on the spur of the moment, Dean & Deluca www.deandeluca.com has what it calls Her Caviar Gift. This handwoven silk bag comes with a mother-of-pearl caviar plate built in. We suspect the plate could also be used to hold pigs in a blanket, but that doesn't sound as elegant, does...
...there is more to the story than a simple lack of adventurousness on the part of undergraduates. Too often, Harvard is about reinforcing our strengths, instead of prompting us to reinvent, to take risks and to change. Last semester, on the spur of the moment, I switched my concentration from biology to philosophy. I thought that I had found my true passion, and I tried to reinvent myself. But, starting anew becomes practically impossible here, as early as second semester of sophomore year. With first semester sophomore tutorials and concentration requirements ranging from 13-16 courses, undergraduates need to come...