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...concentrators, I do not want to leave the impression that I repent of the report on general education. In fact, what I wanted to emphasize was my strong support for the general education recommendations and my hope that the Faculty could soon reach consensus on its basic features—a major feature of which would be the broad, encompassing courses designed particularly for this program. I believe they will engender a significant renewal of innovative teaching, valuable for faculty and students together. CHARLES S. MAIER ’60 Cambridge, Mass. May 17, 2006 The writer is Saltonstall Professor...
...President who prides himself on setting clear goals for his staff has missed a basic point about metrics and war. The only real measure of defeating the insurgency is a reduction in their attacks and numbers - not ancillary questions like how many Iraqi units are fit to fight without U.S. assistance. A functioning Parliament could provide a release valve for rising sectarian tensions, but the fact is both disaffected Sunnis and Shi'ites are still using the threat of violence to gain political leverage. It is wrong to assume that each new step toward democracy, however laudable, will persuade jihadists...
...These carry-on pieces are being treated more like an accessory," says Lynne Berard, vice president of marketing at Samsonite. "People don't want just your basic black anymore. They want color. They want to make a statement." So Samsonite is selling its Newson line in luxury boutiques like Conran's and at W Hotels, as opposed to typical luggage specialty stores...
...city's rebuilding. And the candidates Mayor Ray Nagin and Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu had largely managed to sidestep the most troublesome questions facing the city: whether it is realistic to rebuild New Orleans' entire pre-Hurricane Katrina footprint - a daunting prospect for a city hard-pressed to provide basic services for its drastically reduced populace - and how it will handle things if another major hurricane hit the city. Most important, Ray Nagin, whose political obituary had been all but written last fall, is still mayor, having coasted to victory over Landrieu in Saturday's runoff election...
...time as a patient. She has never had to weigh the advice of a trusted friend against conflicting orders given by a cold and distant doctor. She has never had to take daily injections for a disease she doesn't understand. She has rarely even gone through the most basic crucible of illness in the U.S., the interminable wait in a doctor's office...