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...officials, with ties to the international black market in antiquities. While estimates of this illicit trade vary widely, government authorities put it at as high as $4 billion, roughly on par with the country's drug trade. This hurts not only historians and archaeologists who are just starting to understand the country's important role in the development of Central Asian civilization - many experts say that Afghanistan compares to Egypt in terms of the historical value of its archaeological sites - but also Afghans themselves...
Border Issues In "A Great Divide," Jyoti Thottam complains about the barbed-wire fence that India is erecting [Feb. 16]. She fails to acknowledge that erecting the fence has reduced the flow of illegal migrants into India. I also couldn't understand the complaint about exporting cows. Respect for religious sentiments has to be a common goal, not simply accommodation from one side to facilitate the other. Girish Vaidya, AURANGABAD, INDIA
...means am I parroting the traditional critique of the recruiting process, which I understand is a legitimate and very necessary function of our advanced postindustrial economy. This is especially true of highly competitive industries like the financial services sector, in which on-campus recruiting is essential in funneling elite students into elite firms; the process allows students’ careers to blossom and the economy to grow. I do question, however, its scale at institutions like Harvard. Last year, more than two-fifths of last year’s graduating class funneled themselves into one small sector of the giant...
...area. The university has already slowed its purchase of raw materials intended for use in later phases of the science center project. Though the vocal indignation of residents can seem off-putting, the university should recognize an important change in the message it is now receiving: Many Allston residents understand the positive value of Harvard’s developments on their side of the river, and they want Harvard to proceed with construction as scheduled. Allston residents are correct to be dismayed by the construction slowdown. The new science complex and the rest of the Allston project will benefit...
...nation's history," he continued. "The most meaningful steps in years towards modernizing our health-care system," he went on. "A big step down the road to energy independence," he announced. "The biggest increase in basic research funding in the long history of America's noble endeavor to better understand the world," he concluded. Look for lots of this sort of boasting in Obama's speech before Congress. And when Obama mentions these programs, look to see which politicians in the audience stand to applaud. Republicans, who hate policy goals that require federal spending, are likely to sit on their...