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...Water Sector, a department of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (his business card jokingly credits his ministry with being in operation "since 4241 B.C."), "but we will reach agreement, even if it takes many years. There is plenty of water. The problem is managing it." The grand vision of the NBI goes something like this: large dams along the Blue Nile in Ethiopia will generate power for the region and even for export to Europe. In Sudan and Uganda, where the soil is much richer than in Egypt, vast tracts of irrigated land will grow food. That will...
...BREAK The longtime businessman met company founders Matthew and Alison Freeman-Gleason in 1996. At the time, they had a 12,000-sq.-ft. showroom in downtown Seattle. Taylor, who predicted that home building was going green, jumped on board in 2000 to help expand their vision...
...College.The final report of the review’s Committee on General Education calls for the Core to be eliminated in favor of a broad set of distribution requirements.The report has come under fire from some professors who see it as overly flexible and lacking a guiding vision. Kirby, who chaired the Gen Ed committee, said he does not expect a vote on the report’s proposals at the two regular Faculty meetings remaining this semester, but hopes for a “serious discussion on General Education.”Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross...
...Ave.But as Harvard and Boston officials relentlessly promote the economic benefits the University will bring to the area—1,000 new jobs at the science center alone—it is easy to overlook the people being pushed aside to make way for Harvard’s vision. Redeveloping the area while preserving its affordability and character will be a tricky balancing act.‘I’VE NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE’Thomas Harper, 20, is the third generation of his family to live in the apartments. His grandfather was employed to help with...
Every culture has its coming-of-age rituals. A child is inducted into the adult realm through a transformative experience, whether it's becoming more steeped in religion or killing a deer or having a vision. It's true that I would be happy to send any of the children of My Super Sweet 16 into the desert by themselves for a while. Their blingy flings are not celebrations of accomplishment; they're celebrations of self. What used to mark the end of childhood now seems only an excuse to prolong the whiny, self-centered greediness that gives infantile...