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...Craigslist takes the hazards of standard Internet anonymity to a new level. Best known to some as a site for “casual encounters”—a section of the Web site that receives over 500 posts on an average day—Craigslist consists of people hoping not only to post anonymously but to act anonymously. In the “personals” section of the site, a word-search for “discreet” returns over 1,500 entries. “Discrete” returns 404. While it would...
...somewhat worrisome “child-care.” Where else could a forum for “knitting & sewing” exist cheek by jowl with one for “kink & bdsm”? (Anywhere forums are categorized alphabetically, I suppose.) Craigslist standard policy gives each poster an e-mail address from which all replies are forwarded to his or her actual account, thereby providing a level of guaranteed anonymity that brings out the best, worst, and strangest in those...
...largest and fastest growing economies. Maier Professor of Political Economy Benjamin M. Friedman ’66 began the event, titled “The Chinese Economy: Trade and Investment,” by focusing on the social and political implications of China’s standard-of-living increases over the past 25 years. “It is very clear that, from the perspective of an economist, China really is the story of our lifetimes,” said Friedman, who also serves as an adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Friedman called himself cautiously...
...roofing of Gund Hall and other structures, to the University-wide recycling program, to the College’s Resource Efficiency Program, Harvard has made great strides in its effort to become a truly “green” campus. But in a recently publicized agreement on environmental standards it will adhere to in building the new Allston campus, Harvard has taken its biggest step thus far. Harvard’s agreement, which will cap greenhouse gas emissions from the new Allston science complex at 50 percent below the national standard, is the first constraint on such emissions from...
...seemed to be standard diplo-speak, designed to set up a provision calling for lower numbers of U.S. forces. But a close parsing of the statement shows that Abawi and the government of Iraq are seeking to replace the existing United Nations-sponsored pact permitting U.S.-led forces in Iraq, establishing in its place a long-term, bilateral security agreement directly between Iraq and the United States. And while the proposed details have yet to emerge, similar U.S. agreements with other nations in the region - including Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar - have all involved...