It happened while I was working as a research fellow at the U.S. Naval Academy.

This is a picture of Maurice Druon, the Honorary Perpetual Secretary of L'Academie francaise, the French Academy.

The propaganda war continue, and public institutions worked to purge religious views from intellectuals and academia.

He is splendidly attired in his 68,000 dollar uniform, befitting the role of the French Academy as legislating the correct usage in French and perpetuating the language.

On the surface, this may appear to be an objective yardstick. In reality, GDP growth is as malleable as an official s academic credentials.

The Millennium Village Project, a partnership of academia, business, and UN agencies, aims to show how these goals can be achieved in even the poorest communities in the world.

In 1998, Larson and Witham polled the cream of American scientists, those who'd been honored by election to the National Academy of Sciences, and among this select group, belief in a personal God dropped to a shattering seven percent.

Worse, as competition for promotion within the Chinese bureaucracy has escalated, even fake academic credentials and GDP growth records have become insufficient to advance one s career.

Another common measure used to judge a Chinese official s merit is his ability to deliver economic growth. On the surface, this may appear to be an objective yardstick.

This is the context in which the BOJ s next pope is being selected. But, instead of a debate about monetary policy, the only question being asked is whether Shirakawa s successor will come from the finance ministry, academia, or business.

Worse, as competition for promotion within the Chinese bureaucracy has escalated, even fake academic credentials and GDP growth records have become insufficient to advance one s career. What increasingly determines an official s prospects for promotion is his guanxi, or connections.