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...early 20th century America, when newspapers ruled life and politics. Sales of most Indian newspapers are increasing, and advertising is soaring. There are some 50,000 newspapers in this country of more than 1 billion inhabitants. Although circulation data is often controversial and hard to verify, one recent survey suggests that the number of Indians who read a daily newspaper shot up by 14% in the past three years to 176 million. (Most of them are reading newspapers in languages other than English?the Times of India, the top-selling English newspaper, is only the 12th largest...
...Americans' Iraq Survey Group, later led by David Kay, is established to search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Critics say the effort drew valuable intelligence assets away from the effort to fight the insurgency. June...
That is just one of the stories colorfully told and illustrated in The Origins of Value (Oxford), edited by William N. Goetzmann and K. Geert Rouwenhorst. The two economic historians turn what could have been a bone-dry survey of arcane financial instruments into a lively history of finance. Even more improbably, the book is gorgeous. You can see the crimson illumination on the Ligatio pecuniae and read the fine print on a futures contract from the Dutch West India Co. Each chapter is a minihistory written by stars like Niall Ferguson and Robert Shiller, who explain in rich prose...
...third decision in the spring of 2003--to make the search for WMD the highest intelligence priority--also hampered the U.S. ability to fight the insurgents. In June, former weapons inspector David Kay arrived in Baghdad to lead the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), which had 1,200 intelligence officers and support staff members assigned to search for WMD. They had exclusive access to literally tons of documents collected from Saddam's office, intelligence services and ministries after the regime fell. Kay clashed repeatedly with U.S. military leaders who wanted access not only to the documents but also to some...
Data for the social norms campaign comes from a national survey instrument called the National College Health Assessment and is administered by the Center for Health and Wellness Communication at Harvard University Health Services. As we expand this program, students will be invited to review the data and assist in creating and testing messages. The campaign and other related initiatives will have a campus-wide impact, involving a variety of departments, offices, and student groups in order to strengthen connections and relationships on our campus. This is an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and administrators to work together...