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...eyes of Indian businessmen, the biggest difference between the two countries is China's modern infrastructure?basic commercial necessities such as roads, airports and electricity powerplants. When an Indian tech executive returns from China, "he's so stunned by what he's seen that he usually can't talk for the first two weeks," says Rajesh Rao, the CEO of Dhruva Interactive, a Bangalore-based electronic-game development company. Businessmen like Rao worry that the Chinese are planning for the next 10 years in Shanghai, whereas Bangalore?whose roads are filled with potholes, and whose traffic is a mess...
...taken me four years to realize something very basic about Harvard students: we’re more-or-less normal. We may be, as a group, a little better-read and a little more socially awkward than college students elsewhere—but, pace popular conceptions of us, we aren’t really very remarkable. The disconnect between imagined Harvard and actual Harvard is uncomfortable even for those who know us best: my brother and my father, for instance, call me “Harvard” (as in, “Nice job, Harvard!”) only...
...stories themselves vary wildly in terms of quality. While some are heartfelt and insightful, others come across as poorly conceived and unduly stereotypical. Jean’s (Sandra Bullock) maid, for instance, speaks English but lapses into Spanish for basic words the gringo audience will be able to understand: words like “sí” and “señora”. This particular subplot’s conclusion has lily-white Jean learn to appreciate her helpful Mexican servant with an insipid, cringe-worthy character reversal that basically materializes...
Princess Ida differs from most Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for popularizing the opera with their simple prose and topsy-turvy plots. Not only is Princess Ida written in blank verse, its characters and basic plot line are taken from a quite serious poem by Tennyson...
Living wage, the premise that a full-time worker should be able to afford housing and basic needs, is defined for the city of St. Louis as $9.79 an hour with full benefits. According to the protestors, groundskeepers and maintenance workers are currently paid about $8 per hour...