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...That anniversary is partly why Nanjing is arousing such interest; as Guttentag says, it's "a round number that'll get everybody's attention." Creative competition is another factor. The completion of Nanking "pushes the other people to get their projects made," says Leonsis. And, of course, the issues involved in the story of Nanjing continue to resonate: as China's rise reshapes Asian geopolitics, tensions between it and Japan have greater global relevance. These days, "anything important to China and Japan axiomatically becomes important to the West," says Guttentag...
...folks who do hold jobs have had to deal with federal investigators in a recently stepped-up effort to round up undocumented aliens. A bust at a Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Greeley allegedly turned up several hundred illegals not long ago. That, coupled with the often scrambled remarks on immigration from Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado, has strained what historically has been civil relations between Hispanics, now 20% of Colorado's 4.7 million population, and whites...
...Bennelong is the quest for a larger home or to build a business; the after-school coaching regime that primes primary-school kids for entrance exams for nearby selective high schools and then university; the duty of making kids practice their musical instruments or enrolling them in year-round learn-to-swim classes at places such as the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre. At the weekend, it's ferrying the kids to sport and, possibly, attending one of the area's evangelical Christian churches...
...Antras, and Aleh Tsyvinski—were awarded the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for young scholars. Economics, which could only nominate three faculty members for the two-year, $45,000 award, is home to half of Harvard’s Sloan fellows this year. Two neuroscientists and a physicist round out the Harvard portion of the 116 names on the 2007 Sloan fellow roster. Fryer, an associate professor, couldn’t contain his excitement when asked about the $45,000 sum. “Is that how much it is? Wow. Cool. I still have not gotten over...
After dry-cleaning solvent was discovered in ground water at Harvard Law School last December, school officials have launched a further round of testing on the water and air to ensure that it is not a serious problem. The testing, which consists of drilling and sampling, is scheduled to continue through May. “The main message to take away is that we’re being abundantly cautious to make sure this is being handled right,” said Michael A. Armini, the Law School director of communications. “It was one of those things...