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...Albania's University of Tirana. To help the university keep up with growing demand for courses, the American Embassy there organizes summer programs on U.S. culture. In other corners of Europe, even where opinions of America are low, a desire to learn English and engage with the West is strong enough to attract students. According to Pew, only 12% of Turks view America positively. But, says Tanfer Emin Tunc, an assistant professor at Ankara's Hacettepe University, enrollment in the Department of American Culture and Literature has jumped 50% in three years: "We're having a very difficult time finding...
Paris, France Wrapped in a brown apron as he greets visitors in a warm, booming voice, François Bonduel owns the kind of Parisian restaurant beloved by tourists and locals alike. But these days - with the euro still relatively strong and economies seizing up around the globe - the foreign visitors that typically make up a third of Bonduel's clientele have been thinning out and spending less. To make matters worse, many French visitors to his restaurant, Au Bon Saint-Pourçain - a stone's throw from the church of St. Sulpice in Paris' tony sixth arrondissement...
...preserve the shutout. But Harvard was unable to dominate the second frame like it did in the previous half. In the last half, the Black Bears came out with more intensity and tallied a goal in the 48th minute. “We wanted to finish the game strong, and I credit Maine,” Leone said. “They had a renewed energy against us. We definitely don’t expect to shut them out.” Late in the contest, Harvard found the net once more. After a couple of fancy spin moves...
After he had finished speaking about his book, Dershowitz took questions from the audience members, who both complimented and criticized his strong pro-Israel stance...
Lindsay M. Bigoness, a student at the Graduate School of Education, said that she had come to see Dershowitz speak because she had read his legal cases. Calling Dershowitz “a big icon,” Bigoness she admired Dershowitz because of his strong commitment to his cause. “It’s really inspiring to see someone who champions his ideas,” she said...