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...acts,” said Peter J. Gomes, minister of the Memorial Church and a scholar of the Harvard presidency. “I think all of those are untrue now.”Bok was the 25th president of Harvard, though several professors have compared him to the 16th president of the United States because he enjoys such wide respect (though he lacks a top-hat). On Monday, Bok—who was asked in February to return to the presidency following the resignation of Lawrence H. Summers—appointed Knowles to lead the University?...
...says of his hero: "He looks at the world in the way I do - a hostile and dangerous territory where courage, valor, loyalty, friendship are defensive weapons." Pérez-Reverte sees a connection between Alatriste's Spain and today's prosperous, conflicted country. "Spain of the 16th and 17th century, full of darkness and also culture and beauty, is the explanation of many things now," he says. "To understand all that is an interesting exercise. And useful." Pérez-Reverte's latest book, El Pintor de Batallas (The Painter of Battles), a historical tale in the mode...
...Foster--the peerage came in 1999--for years the man Asian banking executives and Arab sheiks have pursued for the luster of Big Architecture. When you visit his firm's vast London offices you understand what it must have been like to await an audience with the doge in 16th century Venice. Clients and would-be clients from around the world crisscross the reception area clutching their portfolios and chattering in Italian and Russian. The British press says his profits have been in decline. He even lost a commission last year to a firm established by a onetime Foster architect...
...year.” Although playing conditions worsened as the tournament progressed, a strong practice on Friday helped the team get situated with the course before things changed Saturday morning. “Saturday the weather was really brutal,” said captain Jennifer Cronan, who finished in 16th place. “We had high winds, it was cold, and it rained on and off all day; but the course held up pretty well.” The weather didn’t have much of an affect on a Harvard squad that finsihed competition with slightly higher...
...estimate, since that would barely cover the event-space rental tab for the kind of lavish spectacles that have become prime-time fare on MTV's highly rated My Super Sweet 16. The show documents the excesses of privileged youths commemorating the mighty achievement of making it through their 16th year. Shell-shocked parents--always uttering the mantra "It was worth it"--typically peel off checks for upwards of $200,000. We learn that from the Sun Belt to Erie, Pa., the lack of taste knows no ethnic, religious or cultural bounds. You give teenagers $200,000, and they will...