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...planners, the area's traditional fabric is under increasing threat from the rising number of bars, shops and restaurants crowding the lakeshore. See for yourself on the three-hour "Follow the Footsteps of Old Beijingers" tour. An English-speaking guide walks the group up the 700-year-old Bell Tower and around the Drum Tower before heading to Guanghua Temple and over the Silver Ingot Bridge, spanning two of the area's lakes. Afterward, as well as visiting a local house, you'll be taken to a tea ceremony at Prince Gong's mansion. As for creature comforts en route...
...Riverside neighborhood, where residents still bear resentment for the construction of Mather Tower and Peabody Terrace, University officials and community leaders battled for years over Harvard’s proposed development of its property along Memorial Drive...
...smoked cod), smoked salmon with artichokes and a fruit dessert. That will set you back j80 per person, but it comes with a tiny mother-of-pearl caviar spoon. The only disadvantage to al fresco eating?other than possible bad weather in autumn?is uninvited guests. Near the Eiffel Tower with my daughter recently, a well-spoken but disheveled man approached our picnic and asked if we couldn't spare "a piece of bread, some salami and that piece of cheese over there." We made up a plate and threw in some melon to boot. After all, we were reminded...
...identifies a problem or question and seeks to solve it. Black studies—an attempt to solve the problem of racism and racial inequality worldwide—has in many ways been moved away from the goal that defines it. While black intellectuals have attempted to remain ivory-tower-objective, the right wing has launched a multi-layered attack on the credibility of the whole field of ethnic studies, and the liberal establishment has attempted to recast the field as a producer of “diversity” and a facility for cultural tourism...
...ivory tower risks becoming provincial if it does not seek out the rest of the world. Recent changes should be welcomed with open arms, but before international experience becomes central to the Harvard curriculum, many more fundamental changes—cultural and structural—must still be implemented. Harvard’s future status in the world is reliant on these reforms; perhaps bringing out the champagne is a bit premature...