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...It’s hard to ask anybody to compare to James,” Fish said. “James is blessed with world-class speed, while Jon is blessed with excellent speed...
...which academia has never seen. Oxford’s Institute for Energy Studies is a good starting point. Bringing together all of the social sciences, it analyzes economic concerns, international relations, and environmental politics centered on energy-related issues. Harvard’s center, however, should leverage its world-class resources in the sciences, design, law, business, and government—perhaps even collaborating with neighboring institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—to address energy issues in a comprehensive manner. Energy sustainability is among the most pressing issues that our society faces today, and Harvard should capitalize...
...owning anything abroad. The group's founder, J.N. Tata, was a nationalist driven by the idea of a strong, self-reliant India. He gave the country its first steel plant, first hydroelectric plant, first textile mill, first shipping line, first cement factory, first science university, even its first world-class hotel. His successors - among them J.R.D. Tata, India's first pilot - created the first airline, first motor company, first bank and first chemical plant. But after independence in 1947, the group came to symbolize all that was bad about Indian business. It lost its airline and insurance arm to nationalization...
...pictures and slides…that would be like, in medicine, teaching with textbooks and slides and never seeing a real human being. A museum and collection is to art history what a laboratory is to science. You need access.” Many of the works in this world-class collection have been on loan to the Harvard University Art Museums, and will now become part of the permanent collection, to be fully displayed pending the completion of the major museum renovations. —Staff writer Alexander B. Fabry can be reached at fabry@fas.harvard.edu...
...canal's centennial year, 2014, could also mark the nation's coming of age. It's a chance, say officials, to shed once and for all Panama's 20th century image as a U.S. lapdog and bolster its bid to become the hemisphere's Hong Kong--a world-class maritime, financial and commercial center for everything from foreign-exchange banking to aviation services...