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Yesterday’s walk-out and protest drew the second-largest crowd in Harvard history (please see story, page...
...wistful epilogue, is that the country has been run the same way by the same people since the 1950s, when conservatives grabbed power with a "monomaniacal concentration on economic growth" intended to smother public debate on constitutional reform and foreign policy. But the implosion of the world's second-largest economy has now damaged that system beyond repair, and Buruma warns that despair and cynicism could again nudge the country in dangerous directions. Until Japan confronts its past, in other words, we shouldn't expect much from attempts to reinvent its future. But hey, those little cell phones really...
...it’s not clear that these logistical considerations represent an insurmountable hurdle. Lecturer on the Study of Religion Brian C.W. Palmer ’86 teaches Religion 1528, “Globalization and Human Values,” which unexpectedly became the course with the second-largest enrollment at Harvard this semester when 522 students enrolled. “We were astonished and a little bit overwhelmed. [But] we managed to bring things together so that our troubles were largely invisible to the students,” he says. “People say that preregistration has administrative...
...with America. In Belgium, where diamonds account for 25% of trade with the U.S., the industry has warned of "disturbing" signals from American buyers. In France, cheese dealers report falling sales and a raft of angry messages from U.S. customers. In Germany - where the U.S. is the country's second-largest trading partner, with $56 billion in imports - business groups are launching a war of their own, planning "road shows" and taking out full-page ads in the New York Times. But is this all just much ado about nothing? The U.S. government does use its purchasing power as both...
...contrast, the Crimson drew 716 fans the following afternoon for a 9-1 win over Vermont with minimal student support. The attendance—its second-largest of the year—was fueled largely by younger hockey players who came to Harvard for National Girls and Women in Sports Day festivities...