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...glance at the NCAA men’s tennis tournament bracket shows No. 51 Harvard (15-6, 7-0 Ivy League) in a precarious position: the Crimson face 17th-ranked Texas Tech, likely followed by No. 16 Michigan, all for the dubious right to play the top-ranked Mountaineers of Virginia in the round...
...fields that earlier generations tended not to study.” The class will fulfill the history concentration’s reading seminar requirement, according to Caron P. Yee, the undergraduate coordinator for the Department of History. Johnson said that readings will be culled from history books covering the 17th to the 21st centuries, with a focus on the United States and African-Americans—his areas of research. The idea for the class came from Johnson’s research, which centers on questions about the history of slavery, particularly the history of violence and the sensory experience...
...tour. Hu will meet with Fukuda, then with the Emperor and Empress, and visit Yokohama's Chinatown as well as the historic city of Nara and the financial center of Osaka. Symbolically, it is already an important trip: it is Hu's first overseas trip since the 17th National Congress confirmed him as President last October. A giant panda would be the perfect diplomatic exclamation point to the visit. Or so the Japanese hope. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that he supports the request for pandas for the Ueno Zoo. Said he, "They're cute...
...perform better in the second round than the first. “In the morning it was pretty easy to score well, [but] in the afternoon the wind really picked up and it became much more difficult,” Shuman said. Shore and sophomore Peter Singh tied for 17th, each shooting 153 total. Shore shot 75-78 and Singh shot 76-77. John Christensen took a T-25th finish with a respectable 77-79. Sophomore Nick Moseley followed with 79-80 and freshmen Timmy Wu and Louis Amira chipped in 79-81 and 82-84 performances, respectively. Typically...
Much has changed since Richard Hoare opened his bank under the sign of the golden bottle in London in 1672. Insignia have given way to street numbers. Amsterdam, London's great trading rival in the 17th century, has long been eclipsed by New York City. And much of Hoare's own competition has been gobbled up by bigger banks. Amid it all, Hoare's bank has remained unshakable. With a bottle still hanging outside its central London premises, the U.K.'s last family-owned private bank has stuck to what C. Hoare & Co.'s current CEO Alexander Hoare calls...