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...program began with 171 students in 1999, and currently enrolls a range of pupils, including dining hall employees and subcontracted cleaning workers. Kolenik, who has taught English as a second language at institutions from Roxbury to Vietnam, began Bridge as a pilot program at the Harvard Faculty Club. Employees were having trouble reading notes their guests had left for them, she says; requests for new light bulbs, an extra pillow or an undisturbed desk were either ignored or misunderstood by the housekeepers due to their poor English...
...primarily afflicted people residing halfway around the globe, the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus hit home for many Harvard students this week. On April 4, the University issued a “temporary moratorium” on travel to mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Toronto—locations that have been most severely affected by the recent SARS outbreaks. As a recent follow-up to the moratorium, University officials have announced that students taking courses in affected areas will not receive Harvard credit, and may not be able to use University grant money...
...weeks ago, the University issued a moratorium on travel to Singapore, Vietnam, China and Toronto—areas that have been struck by SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, a flu-like illness that has killed over 200 people...
...Vietnam] took too long ... If President Bush had been President, we would have won." JAY GARNER, retired lieutenant general charged with leading the effort to rebuild Iraq...
...there is ample historical precedent to doubt that the government is willing or able to restrain itself from harassing its opponents. The era of unconditional trust in the government ended with Vietnam and Watergate; it was not so long ago that the FBI was spying on “suspicious” individuals like Martin Luther King Jr. and “communist-infiltrated” organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...