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Occupying a breathtaking spot on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic, Casa de Campo is one of the Caribbean's most storied resorts. It bills itself as "a hedonist's and sportsman's dream," and that's truth in advertising. The place has 14 swimming pools, a world-class shooting ground, PGA-quality golf courses and $1,000-a-night villas...
Boston gives us the rare opportunity to see world-class art, drama and historical sites. Few other American cities can boast such cultural attractions. The Museum of Fine Arts houses the works of countless prestigious artists, and it often hosts traveling exhibitions, such as the Monet exhibit currently on display. Beantown also has a wide array of theatrical shows, from Shakespearian plays to the Blue Man Group. Boston even offers many historical locales which were important during the American Revolution...
...brings most students to the course. Racial and ethnic strains on nationhood are well understood, but the idea that a region like the Rocky Mountain West might begin to question the prevailing nationalist assumptions seems outlandish--or, in another word, provincial. But such an attitude no longer becomes a world-class center of learning...
When TIME set out to tell the story of what is happening, not just on the front lines but also in the backrooms of American medicine, we sought out the kind of institution best equipped to solve the insoluble problem: a world-class teaching hospital where the same urgency and intellect that is applied to saving lives is assigned nowadays to saving the institution itself. All across the country, teaching hospitals are trying to figure out how to marry progress with profits, how to come up with the money that will let them continue to lead the world in death...
While yesterday's discussion was preliminary, Christoph J. Wolff'76, dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences (GSAS), said the increase in funding will help Harvard woo world-class graduate students...