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...temper classroom learning in the heat of the real world is enough to draw many pupils to the group. But an increasing number of students, like Beggs, believe EWB will shape their professional future. "For our generation of engineers coming out of school, we won't just go the usual route of client work and consulting," says Beggs. "We're looking to get out there and make a difference on the ground...
...just the beginning. When he's not getting his fingernails dirty in Africa or Asia, he is busy marshaling enthusiasm for what he calls "engineering with soul," which is also the title of a manifesto he's working on. (His schedule doesn't leave much time for the usual university research, but as Amadei notes with a laugh, "I can't be fired. I have tenure.") That means applying the hard practices of engineering to the soft problems of humanity, building simple water pumps before fancy suspension bridges. "I've seen children dying in front of me, and that...
...Barnhill came to Harvard wearing his usual outfit—a do rag and baggy jeans...
Sarkozy's record of total involvement in running French affairs - and the critical importance that victory in the current conflict is to his wider reformist and presidential regime - leave no doubt the President will eventually wade in with his usual high profile. But some observers believe that inevitability is why Sarkozy has opted for the strategically unexpected furtive approach. "He's made the non-negotiable essentials of this reform clear to everyone, so now he's probably letting unions and government officials lock horns until he sees the opportunity to step in and break the loggerheads with mutually acceptable compromise...
...With the ever-influential Iowa caucuses scheduled earlier than usual (on January 3), and both party's races hot enough to melt the butter cow at the Iowa State Fair, this place will remain full of presidential candidates, from Mitt to Rudy, Hillary to Barack, Huckabee to Edwards, maybe even Dennis (Kucinich) and Ron (Paul), for weeks to come...