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...even before that flip-flop, Sarkozy's sudden admiration of all things holy starkly contrasted his carefully constructed public image: the repeat divorcee, whose stint as potentially France's most eligible bachelor is endangered by what Sarkozy himself called his "serious" relationship with former top model Carla Bruni. Given that somewhat hedonistic reputation, Sarkozy's expression of newfound piousness led author and famed social commentator Bernard-Herni Lévy to muse in the weekly Le Point over "the probable stupor of Cardinals listening to the apostle of the bling-bling presidency (and) uninhibited relationship with ostentatious pleasure...
...learned along the way that its model does not always translate. On Match, users post personal profiles and photos, attracting and perusing potential mates in what resembles a colossal bar scene. While many Americans like the freedom and convenience, single women in Japan felt threatened by the lack of privacy. Plus, parts of the profiles weren't culturally appropriate, as Match CEO Thomas Enraght-Moony learned over lunch in a Tokyo restaurant with his country manager. "He pointed to the women there and said, 'We really don't need to ask for hair color. We all have the same,'" says...
...rather than dive quickly into promising markets, eHarmony has remained devoted--some would say slavishly--to its research-based model. In China, that means commissioning researchers at Beijing University to find out whether its model--in which 29 "dimensions" such as humor and spirituality are mined for compatibility--applies to the culture. Kaiping Peng, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, who is assisting eHarmony, is unsure. "What is the best match might not be about matching exactly," he says. "Maybe it's complementary--like the yin and the yang." Americans are drawn to eHarmony's deeply...
...students who are ready and willing to use the embarrassment of riches we provide for future financiers. Now, let’s get down to business. And by business, I mean finding you a career in business. You’ll want to start applying to jobs through eRecruiting. Model your cover letter and resume on those in the booklets we provide. Each is from a student who is fluent in several currently useful languages, who already has an excellent job, and who was just writing resumes and cover letters for fun. Every one will leave you convinced that...
...been “pathetic,” according to James D. Wilkinson ’65, the director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.Pilbeam pointed to Yale, where undergraduates are not allowed to view grades online until they fill out an evaluation, as a model of generating high participation. Response rates at the school top 80 percent, according to the Yale registar’s office.Professors said they find themselves unable to depend on the ratings as much as they would like.“It was more effective in the past when the number...