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...Harvard’s endowment, valued at almost $37 billion last June, lost roughly 22 percent of its value by the end of October, and amid subsequent belt-tightening measures??including a November hiring freeze on FAS staff—some staff have expressed concerns about the potential for layoffs...
Harvard’s endowment, valued at almost $37 billion last June, was buffeted by current financial conditions, losing roughly 22 percent of its value by the end of October and sending the University scrambling to find ways to trim costs. Amidst subsequent belt-tightening measures??including a hiring freeze on FAS staff announced in November—the specter of possible layoffs has loomed over some staffers worried that their jobs may be in jeopardy...
...people like him for breakfast. His speech after the attacks was criticized for appearing meek and helpless, and his critics are probably right. What I see though, is a man wary of the same vicious cycle of Pakistan-baiting, worsening cross-border relations, and “tough security measures?? that generate the sort of hatred that breeds even more terrorists. He knows his party might lose to the BJP and its allies in a few months, and he knows what that could mean for peace in South Asia...
...narrated by Shigehisa Kuriyama, a professor of East Asian studies. As the name implies, the class is a historical comparison of the body and medicine in East Asia and Europe, and its approach is anything but traditional. Kuriyama jettisons the traditional required term paper in favor of newer pedagogical measures??making movies and podcasts. The approach may mark a new path for General Education at Harvard. THE BODY, REDISCOVERED
...McCain, who in February voted against a bill that would have banned the use of simulated drowning and other interrogation techniques on the grounds that the bill did not leave enough wiggle room for the CIA—in his words—“to use extra measures?? in interrogating detainees. (The bill passed and went on to be vetoed by President Bush...