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HSDF Vice-President G. Pebble Gifford writes in an e-mail that thanks to Cambridge’s fast food zoning ordinance and its strict regulations involving litter and disturbance issues, most national fast food chains have not tried to enter Harvard Square...
...cousins. Indian publishers have over the past few years launched a plethora of new newspapers and magazines, covering everything from the latest cars to food to travel. Not surprising, then, that foreign media companies want a piece of the action, and have been clamoring for the government to overturn strict laws governing foreign media ownership in order to allow them to bring their biggest titles to the Indian market...
...history and literature in favor of two courses in “Cultural Traditions and Cultural Change” and “The United States: Historical and Global Perspectives” is the most egregious sin of the new curriculum. At a time when pre-professionalism and strict functionalism are omnipresent, instruction in areas where an immediate real world link cannot always be found must be preserved and enhanced. History, literature, and the arts must be taught for their own sake, not because they make us “global citizens” or prepare us for Wall Street...
...start that introduces the audience to Augusten, Deirdre, and Norman. It’s slow with some dull scenes—but this accounts for such a small portion of the film that once the Finches enter the picture you are automatically sucked into the story. Bottom Line: Neither strict comedy nor drama, “Running with Scissors” is an excellent adaptation that is a showcase for raw acting talent from Cross and Bening. —Reviewer Jessica C. Coggins can be reached at jcoggins@fas.harvard.edu...
...problem opponents face is the voters' ambivalence about affirmative action. It seemed racial preference programs had won an important victory in 2003, when a Supreme Court that included seven members appointed by Republicans ruled that universities could provide special consideration to minorities, as long as they didn't use strict point systems like the one that the University of Michigan's undergraduate program had used. (The school gave 20 points on a 150-point scale for being black or Hispanic, and Gratz was the plaintiff in the suit that ruled it unconstitutional...