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...that, if the educated guessers are right, was from a device far less complex, far more economical and far more "transportable" than Ivy's. Then, last month, came the U.S. explosion that Strauss described as being twice the estimated size. It became famous prematurely because an unexpected wind shift showered a Japanese fishing boat with radioactive ash. But the March 1 explosion (and the one that followed on March 26) had even more serious implications: in the global game of the scientists, where scores are read in terms of seismographic reports and air samplings, it notified the Russians that...
...course, defenders of our current batch of ambassadors rightly point out that this administration was not the first to put the suitcase of cash before the diplomatic caché. Presidential scholars suggest the shift came last century, when Franklin Roosevelt appointed an especially generous donor, Joseph Kennedy, as his Ambassador to Britain. Since then it has all been downhill. President Nixon is reputed to have once told his Chief of Staff that “anybody who wants to be an ambassador must at least give $250,000.” In 1980, Congress even felt the need to legislate...
...name change indicates a deeper policy shift, from “the iron law of Graustein” to a system in which associate professors—who are promoted from their initial assistant professorships, if qualified, after four to six years—are automatically considered for tenure...
...Springfest. While these performers, in terms of their mainstream appeal, may not be a radical departure from previous acts that have appeared at Harvard (Guster, Busta Rhymes, Bob Dylan all performed in the past, though not at Springfest), the logistics behind this year’s concert have shifted considerably.According to the Harvard Concert Committee (HCC), 2006 marks a renewed commitment to undergraduate life: an event that is made for, and planned by, students at the College. This year, the HCC was given unprecedented authority in preparing for the fest. It remains to be seen, however, how much of this...
...lost generation of young workers. Giulio Cicconi Teramo, Italy I worked as a freelance journalist for more than a decade, but I spent my 30s without a solid position. I had to wait. Every time I tried to raise my head, someone said I was arrogant. I tried to shift my career path to international diplomacy, but that caused my divorce because my wife expected me to stay a journalist. "Remain who you are," she said. "You do not need to change unless you are overly ambitious." But today we need to change. The seeds of the current crisis were...