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Neugeboren said he had been used to teaching similar material in small tutorials, but the large lecture course requires different strategies. For the past four years he has taught Economics 1050, “Strategy, Conflict and Cooperation,” which enrolled 90 students last year. The course received an overall rating of 3.1 in the 2002-2003 CUE Guide, and Neugeboren’s rating...
...senior French investigator, "is that the Americans are doing an excellent job in police and intelligence terms." Not everything goes according to plan. High-tech listening devices are of no use if nobody sends an electronic message. "The bad guys," says a Western diplomat in Islamabad, "have been taught that talking on cell phones or sat phones is a no-no. Now they are delivering messages on motorcycles." Raids on Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan aimed at finding al-Qaeda men have been compromised by leaks from local police and intelligence services. And--as happened earlier this month...
Mesmera's classes resemble those taught nationwide. Even in a beginners' class, most of the 20 students wear flowing skirts in cotton or gauze and scarves adorned with coins tied low on their hips. After breathing exercises, the students are instructed to twist their hips slowly in a figure 8 while extending their arms to the side. Later come side-to-side hip sways, pelvic thrusts and serpentine torso waves done to a rhythmic drumbeat. Occasionally classes are accompanied by live percussionists, and women play finger cymbals called zills, though CDs with Middle Eastern music and singing are often used...
...women of the Grand Gaube sewing club would be swapping knitting patterns or recipes. But today the dozen Mauritian homemakers have piled into a bus fitted out with nine networked desktop computers for an introductory visit to cyberspace. Earlier visits by the cybercaravan to their small town have taught them how to use a mouse and a keyboard and how to navigate Windows. Now it's time to learn about the Web. It takes about half an hour before the women are surfing sites showcasing the latest fashion designs from overseas. "We're surprised how quickly people learn," says Ahsan...
...room. We made our own paper and scented it with cinnamon, transcribed vast amounts of scripture in calligraphy, made mosaics from medieval tapestries and shaped animals out of beeswax that you had to warm between your hands for 10 minutes before sculpting. “It taught us patience,” I say. “They taught us to work on something before trying to change it.” I feel the need to rationalize the seemingly arbitrary, touchy-feely nature...