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...recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam. (See pictures of people around the world watching Obama's inauguration...
...College Harry R. Lewis ’68. “To go out and borrow money on buildings, on top of [a troubled budget] without having a plan for raising the funds—credible, realistic plans for building—was a mistake in my view.” Others defend the former President’s plans, arguing that the University’s heavily debt-financed and accelerated Allston expansion was essential for Harvard’s continued scientific competitiveness, and that the planning was not unusually or excessively risky. Rather, they say, a confluence...
...work in a ratings agency with no economics experience,” says Laibson, adding that economists recognized the inherent dangers of these models long before the current crisis.“The world has learned a lesson, but it hasn’t changed my world view,” he says.Merton questions whether the systemic failure of global financial systems can be attributed entirely to over-reliance on quantitative models.“Will there be cases where people over-relied on models? Absolutely,” he says. “But is that a general proposition...
...fellow transfer students are some of the happiest people I know here, with an outside point of view and basis for comparison that allow for a heightened appreciation of all that Harvard has to offer. The student body as a whole benefits from this diversity of perspective that transfers bring in and suffers without it. Harvard must be able to admit that mistakes can be made: A student could have made a mistake not applying to or not choosing Harvard the first time around, and the admissions office could have made a mistake in not accepting a student the first...
...minutes later, the two men departed from public view...