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...India.The naming of a replacement for Bloom marks the end of a chapter in Harvard history, as Bloom was the last dean remaining who had been appointed by former President Neil L. Rudenstine.In just over a year in office, Faust has already had the opportunity to select many key deans, including for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School, and Radcliffe Institute.Majid Ezzati, a public health professor who has worked closely with Frenk in the past, sees promise in Frenk’s broad range of experience on both a national and international level...
...Even if Senator John McCain wins the presidency, more legislation would likely be enacted; not only does the Republican agree with Democrats on key issues such as global warming, immigration and stem-cell research, but he has spent nearly three decades in the Senate. McCain has said that if elected, he would move to pass $1 trillion in corporate tax cuts and make Bush's income tax cuts permanent, cut wasteful government spending and pass a gas tax holiday, and seek to allow offshore drilling to help ease the energy crisis - almost none of which has support from Democrats. Obama...
Electric cars have been around for almost 170 years, but it's not just the limitations of battery power that have thwarted their more widespread use. Since Scottish businessman Robert Anderson pioneered the first electric carriage in the 1830s, most electric vehicles have lacked one of the key markers of auto success: good looks. Just take a look at La Jamais Contente, designed by Belgian Camille Jénatzy in 1899, or Billard and Zarpe's space-age oddity, the Elektra King (1961). Even today's models - the REVA, or Zap!'s Xebra - are proof that the best adjective...
...city to help distressed homeowners buy more time, hope that lenders who are poised to pounce with notices will hold off until the money arrives to help debtors make up for delinquent mortgage payments and refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration. One key, according to homeowner advocates, will be whether or not the program will prompt lenders in general to be more generous from here on out. "So far we're not seeing the loan modifications we need from lenders," says Jackie Duran, a foreclosure counselor for the non-governmental Neighborhood Housing Services, which...
...call early elections, seeking an even larger win. Its banned politicians could even run as independents, under a strange legal loophole. Perhaps they will have learned a lesson in building democratic consensus. Meanwhile, those indicted in the alleged nationalist plot will go on trial in October, which could be key to strengthening the rule...