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...commitment to the VES Department and the study of the arts at Harvard. The historical context of the events that occurred this spring traces back to the Buell Report issued in August 1993, where a Special Advisory Committee in Visual and Environmental Studies urged Knowles to strengthen the department and urged Harvard to affirm a commitment to making visual studies flourish at Harvard. Phelan was hired thereafter as Professor of Practice with the mandate to develop and direct a program in studio arts...
...question of intentions is all the more poignant because Bush promised to do what Bill Clinton allegedly had not: strengthen America's alliances for the vital tasks ahead. So how can one explain Bush adviser Condoleezza Rice's disclosure, even before the inauguration, that the U.S. might pull its troops out of the Balkans? Or the new President's telling South Korean President Kim Dae Jung that the U.S. was not going to continue talks with North Korea, seemingly undermining Seoul's "Sunshine Policy" toward Pyongyang? What about the snub to Europeans and the rest of the world when Washington...
...bulwark--for the inevitable layoffs and business collapses. Koizumi and Takenaka also need to go into sales mode, a Japanese version of the Bush road show on taxes. And, on a technical note, Japan needs to let its currency slide. A weaker yen--say, 135 to the dollar--would strengthen corporate profits. The danger is that a sliding yen could set off a round of devaluations, as neighboring economies rush to slash their exchange rates. Here is where the U.S. can, finally, help Japan. By nodding support to a slow devaluation and not screaming about the impact on U.S. trade...
...Worried about finding a way to keep your youngster busy this summer? Concerned that another job at the mall will expose your child to a rough element? The Bush administration has the answer in a regime that will build character, strengthen the adolescent back and help America climb out of its crippling energy crisis. As the Vice President pointed out in his 170 page report of the National Energy Policy Development Group, America's appetite for coal, oil and nuclear power will require production of a new power plant each week for the next 20 years. That means we need...
...This program is going to strengthen student groups, especially House committees and arts groups, since they’ll be able to reach a larger audience,” Chopra said. “More importantly, it will address an issue that isn’t talked about too much, and that’s differences in socioeconomic status of students that go here. This is one more way the council is breaking down barriers to let every student take part in the Harvard undergraduate experience...