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...Sustainability Report Card.“Other students are more active on their campuses, working with their dining services, going out and researching farms, and figuring out how much more it’s going to cost to change something,” Zdeb said.A HUDS survey this fall found that only 17.1 percent of Harvard students said that offering local foods was a “top priority” for them.Jeremy R. Steinemann ’08 said he has noticed HUDS efforts, but that he has not seen a tangible difference.“I think it?...
...Ground Game The polls, though notoriously unreliable in nominating contests, suggest that Obama is at last gaining some traction. Every survey out of Iowa shows the race a tight, three-way fight between Obama, Clinton and former Senator John Edwards, but growing numbers of voters there are rating the need for new direction and new ideas as more important than strength and experience. The question is whether Obama's newfound aggressiveness will undermine his image as the candidate of a new kind of politics. Meanwhile, Clinton's formidable lead in New Hampshire has dropped by nearly half, to 14 points...
...Those principles, among other things, enshrine the goals of humanitarian aid as alleviating suffering according to need, irrespective of political goals, and in a way that supports long-term development. The index weighs 57 indicators, 25 from hard data and 32 from a survey among several hundred field workers (asking, for example, whether donors collaborate well with non-profits and businesses). In short, the index reviews how well countries are following their own global donor guidelines. "If you take the top from the bottom, there are big differences," says Silvia Hidalgo, DARA director, and co-author of the report. Sweden...
...respond to emergencies and unplanned events. The U.S. scores high grades collaborating with non-profit organizations, and excellent grades promoting accountability - second only to the E.U. But it's bottom of the pack in implementing international humanitarian and human rights laws, having refused to ratify key international treaties. Survey responses - though generally more favorable to the U.S. than the hard-data indicators - also rank U.S. aid lowest in perceptions of "neutrality" and "independence" from political and strategic considerations...
...There's one change increasing numbers of Britons want, according to a fresh opinion poll - a new government. A survey for The Independent newspaper, completed on Nov. 25, when news of this latest government scandal had only broken that morning, puts the Conservative party 19 points ahead of Labour. That's the most substantial lead the Tories have enjoyed since Margaret Thatcher's third prime ministerial term...