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...educational, not to mention a welcome change of pace. Furthermore, enforcing grade deflation would undermine the autonomy of professors to dole out grades in accordance with the peculiarities of the classes and students they teach. Classes are not created equal: They have different expectations, difficulty levels, and requirements. Upper level classes and seminars that are notoriously difficult attract students who look forward to working with each other to overcome extraordinarily difficult material. In extreme cases like the notorious Mathematics 55, “Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra,” all of the students may deserve...
...Local health activists are pleased by the findings of Save the Children Report, although they acknowledge that there is still work to be done, especially in the south of the country. "Child mortality rate remains high in rural Upper Egypt," says UNICEF's El Sanadi. Egypt's goal now is to move from the list of developing countries and measure itself with the South European nations along the opposite shore of the Mediterranean...
...enters its fifth month: Did Gonzales, the consummate George Bush loyalist, politicize the workings of one of the most sensitive and traditionally independent agencies in government, the Department of Justice (DOJ)? While it's true the President has always picked an ally to run the department and populated its upper echelons with political appointees, the bureaucracy has fiercely guarded a unique and proud tradition of insulating from partisanship those who are charged with making sure that the laws of this country are fairly and evenly enforced. Though every Attorney General has faced pressure to use the DOJ's awesome power...
...curl up next to the fireplace with a glass of gin and tonic” shows the worlds of difference that lie between The Salient and the rest of the Harvard campus. Undeniably, intent on preserving this socio-economic tradition of the “upper class” and the “privileged,” The Salient has ultimately defaced and maligned the conservative message. In the latest debacle in regards to Deval Patrick’s wasteful spending on a lavish new Cadillac, furniture worth $27,000, and a helicopter, not only did the editor...
...potential of the Chinese market is so large that H&M's need to capture it is obvious. McKinsey estimates that by 2025 there will be 220 million upper-middle-class households in China's cities, defined as those making $5,000 to $12,500 a year, in contrast to 23 million households in 2005. Less clear for the company, says retail analyst Raphael Moreau of Euromonitor International, is "how much it will have to reinvent itself to make an impact...