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Many students interviewed describe their decision to study abroad as a decision involving many trade-offs. Not only do students have to leave an often a hard-won sense of community at Harvard for the unknown, but they also have to sacrifice time at a school that boasts amenities ranging from a dynamic location, sterling academics and amazing people...
Quad life is all about trade-offs. It might be heartening, however, to know that while surviving the Quad might require some adjustments, it may actually make for a happier Harvard experience. Life in the Far Three fosters House spirit, independence and a general well-being. Quad-bound rising sophomores whose first instinct is to order transfer paperwork should remember that many critics before them have ended up calling their housing assignment "the best thing that could have happened." True, Quad life may eliminate 3 a.m. Tommy's, but in the cheerful words of Jones, "that just means...
...latest beef between the United States and Europe is over, well, beef. Unless the European union finally lifts a decade-old policy banning the import of U.S. beef, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced, the United States will start imposing heavy-duty tariffs on $900 million in European goods, from chocolates to mopeds. The new ultimatum comes on the heels of a banana war between the two continents, in which the U.S. accuses the Europeans of favoring imports from former colonies. On the beef issue, the E.U. nations says the question is health: They're not convinced that hormone-treated...
...these good times in the U.S., it's often difficult to appreciate the economic problems plaguing our trading partners. "About a third of the world, especially in Asia and Latin America, is in recession or teetering on its brink," says Baumohl. The effect is to lessen worldwide demand for a whole host of goods, which accelerates the need to find new markets and increase exports to new partners. This tension is exacerbating frictions between trading partners where barriers stand in the way. "Many in the U.S. suspect that on the beef issue, for example, the Europeans are merely trying...
Wiley Middleton is exactly the sort of fellow whom small towns love to welcome home. A 45-year-old graphics designer who honed his craft in bigger cities, Middleton moved back to his native Leadville, Colo., 18 months ago, eager to trade urban pressures for the serenity of this historic mining town of 3,421. But Leadville's telephone system is quaint too, and won't let his computer modem send the digital images that are his livelihood. This regularly forces Middleton to drive two hours to Denver to deliver electronic designs for brochures and ads. "I can't compete...