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...wants an ounce of support during Democratic hearings on the Iraq war, he must abandon these plans, regardless of his personal beliefs. President Bush represents the outgoing Republican Party and is trying to salvage his legacy; from now on, decisions need to be made by those who have a stake in the party’s future...
...much as four times their national presence yet barely acknowledged in the administrative and political life of the university. If the community’s tag as the “new Jews” holds up, in fifty years Asian students could have an even more considerable stake in higher education. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jews, who still comprise less than two percent of the American population, comprised one third of the Ivy League in 2000—an astronomical amount, and one now readily accepted by admissions administrators, who no longer force Jewish applicants...
...come to resemble a Spanish-language soap opera. Now, the University’s own holdings are moving that way as well. Harvard’s investment in Univision Communications Inc., the Spanish-language broadcaster, swelled during the fiscal quarter that ended Sept. 30 to become its 13th largest stake in a publicly traded company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That investment would be worth $32.4 million at the close of trading yesterday, if the University has maintained its holdings in Univision. Univision is the largest Spanish-language TV broadcaster in the U.S. The firm...
...poverty from more than 60% in the early 1990s to less than 20% today. Vietnam now has Asia's fastest-growing economy outside of China, with exports up 24% this year. And like China before it, the country is betting that its WTO entry will strengthen its stake in the global economy...
...residents for a cleanup is the fact that Beijing will host the Olympics in 2008. It's hard to exaggerate the importance to the Chinese authorities of an event they see as China's coming out party as a major world power. Yet, even with so much at stake and the executive power bestowed by authoritarian rule, Beijing'S doggedly dirty atmosphere may yet defeat the government's seemingly half hearted attempts to clean up. The capital remains a standout among Chinese cities in that it has no restrictions on the number of new cars hitting its streets. Shanghai...