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...some cases, the problem is long memories. During the urban renewal era of the 50s and 60s, many universities rode roughshod over surrounding neighborhoods, earning the enmity of residents and community groups. But it is fair to ask whether reliving the conflicts of yesteryear is more important than forging a pragmatic future, particularly when so much has changed...
...largest market on the planet?is split into 26 sectors sprawling over 112,000 square meters. There are more than 10,000 retailers, stocking everything from mass-produced teak furniture to great bolts of raw Thai silk, to bushels of imitation fruit and vegetables. The sartorial detritus of yesteryear, shipped to Thailand by U.S. and Japanese wholesalers, can be found in the 400 or so ramshackle stalls crammed into Sector...
...undergraduate. Thanks to wondrous advances in the field of grade inflation, the “average” Harvard student will graduate with at least a 3.0 and, in many cases, will do so without straining any cerebral muscles in the process. The Gentleman’s C of yesteryear has become the Gentleperson’s A-/B+ of this generation. Sadly for academic purists and happily for the rest of us, the “[s]ystem” is no longer worthy of capitalization and no longer something to be feared...
...less C[h]ore, Brain Break, a newly air-conditioned Widener) and changes for the worse (the demise of Store 24, grade in/deflation). We came to school at the height of the dot-com bubble; we leave it far less secure, less certain and less optimistic than seniors of yesteryear...
...century gather each night to discuss red lipstick and red-chip companies - even the prettiest, poutiest Shanghai vixen dabbles in the market. If nothing else, a conversation might elicit a decent stock tip. Hints and hustle are what the new Shanghai is all about - just like the Shanghai of yesteryear...