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...also be more palatable to some because individual managers and entrepreneurs from the subcontinent are familiar faces overseas. Driven in the past by lack of opportunity at home, India's best and brightest have long studied and worked in the U.S. and Europe. America's high-tech sector in particular has an unusual concentration of Indian workers. Some 13% of all private, venture-backed start-up companies in the U.S. are founded by Indian immigrants, according to a study released this month by the National Venture Capital Association. Many of Silicon Valley's high-tech leaders are of Indian origin...
...leadership of Michael Vaughan (injured). Australia hardly ever lose at home?though occasionally they're held to a drawn series, which is all England need to keep the Ashes. "Australia have played poor matches since 1995, but never poor series until last year," says Lawson. "This particular group of players hasn't played that badly before or since, so I'm putting 2005 aside as an aberration...
Nobody is claiming that the CDC has become another governmental basket case like FEMA--at least not yet. Indeed, the speed with which this past summer's outbreak of lethal food poisoning was traced to spinach tainted by runoff from a particular herd of cows in California is testimony to the CDC's continuing expertise. But the bad publicity comes at the worst possible time for the agency and its director. Congress is wrapping up its final budget for 2007, and the Administration is starting to draw up a preliminary budget for 2008. If lawmakers believe that Gerberding is floundering...
What the West needs most today is not so much a dialogue with other civilizations but an honest dialogue with itself--one that acknowledges those traditions within Western civilization that are almost never recognized. Europe, in particular, must learn to reconcile itself with the diversity of its past in order to master the coming pluralism of its future...
...modern audience. The story of Doris, a sea nymph who resists Apollo’s advances on the grounds that he will not be faithful, could just as easily have been about two guests arguing over their relationship at a masquerade party. The cantata proved to be a particular treat because of the duet by Amy C. Stebbins ’07 and Kurt C. Crowley ’07. The two sung in perfect harmony. Not once did one overpower the other, a difficult achievement in a duet. Another highlight of the night was the orchestra, directed by Carey...