Word: westernness
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...truth is, Western Europe is already helping and will doubtless help more. But the squabbling and divisions within the E.U. are unfortunate. At this moment of grave crisis Europe should be pulling together, not behaving as if it might fall apart...
...brought disaster on themselves. Places such as Latvia and Bulgaria have run massive current-account deficits and are now paying the price. But the ability to borrow and spend so much comes, in part, because the countries had opened up their capital accounts and sold off their banks to Western Europe at the E.U.'s urging. Financial liberalization and free trade were mantras recited by the E.U. (and others) as the Eastern states readied to join. The policies work. But as Katinka Barysch of the Centre for European Reform in London wrote recently, they have also "left the region exceptionally...
...that the main agent for change, the Italian government, has been unable to effectively combat crime or win allies in the extremely insular Neapolitan society. However, these are minor gripes. The movie’s themes—poverty, drugs, gang violence, immigration, pollution—are endemic in western society. If you do a bit of pre-viewing research into the current condition of Naples, “Gomorrah” rewards you with a cinematic experience that is chilling in its reality. —Staff writer Alec E. Jones can be reached at aejones@fas.harvard.edu...
...Harvard urban design Professor Alex Krieger says the vacant properties lining Allston’s main streets serve as a reminder of just how long it may take Western Ave. to become the bustling retail thoroughfare that planners have envisioned...
...Task Force Chair Ray Mellone agreed that Western Ave. is a “long way from becoming a main street or downtown business section” and suggested Harvard use its Business School faculty to identify and recruit businesses that would thrive in an academic neighborhood such as the one envisioned in Allston...