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Rubin angered many professors in January when The New York Times reported that he “was unaware of widespread faculty discontent with the management style” of Summers. Several professors made reference to that report in speeches at three contentious Faculty meetings this past semester...
...Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announced last week that it had chosen Alsop to be the orchestra's new conductor. The changing of the guard at an orchestra, even a top-flight outfit like the Baltimore Symphony, isn't usually a matter of widespread interest--it's not as if Alsop were dating Tom Cruise or anything--but this particular appointment is remarkable because high-level orchestral conducting is one of the last of the great professional boys' clubs, and Alsop will be the first woman ever to lead a major American symphony orchestra. She also finds herself in the awkward...
...almost everything doctors can throw at them. Already, more than 90% of some bacteria species in Asia have developed strong immunity to frequently administered antibiotics such as penicillin and ampicillin, according to the World Health Organization. Despite growing awareness of the problem, health-care experts now fear that widespread misuse of antibiotics in populous developing countries such as China will accelerate the emergence of new strains of supergerms, making everything from common diseases like pneumonia to routine surgery more dangerous. "Drug resistance overshadows everything," says Dr. Stuart Levy, president of the Boston-based Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics...
...there first; foreign investors, mostly from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, have driven up prices at an astonishing rate. In some luxury buildings, prices surged 45% in six months, fueled by low mortgage rates, expectations among foreign buyers that China's currency will gain against the U.S. dollar and widespread fear of missing out on this bonanza...
...trade, Senegalese cuisine was one of the key influences on African-American cooking. Senegal's Atlantic coastline ensures an abundance of seafood?grouper, monkfish and sea bream are common?while peanuts, millet and cassava are harvested from the central savanna area. Given Morocco's proximity, couscous is almost as widespread as rice?so are baguettes and Dijon mustard, legacies of French colonial rule. Sample this melting pot at Chez Mimi, tel: (221) 823 9788, or Keur Ndeye, tel: (221) 821 4973, both in the capital, Dakar. But if you want something that's all Senegalese, order the national dish...