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...regional body in an affected region, the African Union (AU) has undertaken this task of repatriating intellectual capital to the continent. In March, the AU organized the first conference of professionals from Africa and the Diaspora in Dakar, Senegal. This gave the development economists, doctors, and lawyers of Africa who are working abroad a chance to influence policy in their continent and thus own it once again. This is by far a more effective way of gaining loyalty than patriotic propaganda. The AU encourages accountability in governments at home as well, giving citizens a sense of ownership for the state...
...Maison ($12) is the adult version of the quintessential children’s meal. The bratwurst is served on a grilled baguette and topped with melted cheese. Eating it is a messy task, but a delicious one—the “hot dog” is juicy and flavorful, especially with a little whole-grain mustard on top. Rosemary potato chips are large and crispy, although the rosemary is mostly overpowered by the salt...
...committee was charged with the Herculean task of redefining what it means to be educated in a new millennium. After extensive work, its report was lackluster at best. It identified a general education philosophy composed of four rather ambiguous pillars: knowledge, self-development, citizenship, and achievement. To that end, it proposed requiring three courses in three general areas: the Sciences and Technology, the Humanities and the Arts, and the Study of Societies. A student would have to take a “Harvard College Course” (HCC)—some sort of interdisciplinary survey course?...
...hope is, and my expectation is, that a number of aspects of the recommendations of the [two newly-formed] task forces [on women]...will point the ways toward progress in this area,” Summers said...
...Fashionably Late,” Dec. 16, 2003). Mather answered this call with unsurpassed spirit and numbers at the freshman housing lottery day and events such as the now infamous Mather Lather. This is no small task. In only 48 hours, a dozen Matherites managed to construct a wooden pit large enough to accommodate 600 people, complete with a twenty foot-high Plexiglass-encased DJ booth, the top of which supported two foam machines on oscillating arms dispensing a Cascade® of 250,000 cubic feet of foam. By the next day, the entire apparatus was gone thanks...