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Whether China Construction Bank and its developing-world brethren are actually willing and able to increase their international presence is an unanswered question. But the numbers indicate their relative financial strength certainly offers them the option...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why China's Banks Are Stronger than America's | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

Other buying opportunities will arise as Western banks, particularly those that have been bailed out by their governments, exit the world stage in order to refocus on their home markets. When these institutions regain their strength and start venturing out again, however, they may well find Chinese and other Asia-Pacific banks ensconced and thriving in many parts of the global marketplace - and ready to challenge them on their home turf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why China's Banks Are Stronger than America's | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...going as something fun,” Knight said. Knight added that Carpio was extremely careful to respect the complex dynamics of race in her classroom. Sabrina Sadique, another of Carpio’s TFs, also emphasized Carpio’s unique approach to classroom participation as a teaching strength. Sadique said that Carpio often spends the first 20-25 minutes of an hour-long class lecturing on a text and then opens the floor for discussion among her students. For students used to only talking in section, this is a welcome surprise, said Sadique. Carpio has also been involved...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Carpio Given Tenure In Two Departments | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...problems facing the world today. In consonance with the stated goals of the new General Education curriculum, they connect a liberal education with the problems of the real world that students will engage after graduation. Harvard recognizes the importance of such endeavors. Even today, we must continue to gain strength...

Author: By Steven E. Hyman | Title: Even in Challenging Times Harvard Must Move Ahead | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...Service registration form, the great essayist and country farmer E. B. White wrestled over what to enter for his primary job. “Physically I am better fitted for writing than for farming,” White wrote of the situation, “because farming takes great strength and endurance. Intellectually I am better fitted for farming than for writing.” The irony, of course, is that White was both a first-rate intellectual and a competent husbandman—cultivated and cultivator. We too should aspire to this kind of creative holism, where the distinctions...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Thinking is Craftwork | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

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