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Theoretical physicist Adam F. Falk, who received his doctoral degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1991, has been named the 17th President of Williams College, making him only the second scientist to head the school in its 216-year history, according to one member of the presidential search committee...
...also the top Harvard finisher and 17th overall at the University of Albany Invitational in 2009, and while neither of the younger siblings has had a chance to garner such success with only one collegiate race to their credit, the boys will rely on ample past experience running with the family...
...good enough to tie for sixth place individually. Sheldon finished just a shot back in a tie for tenth place with a total of 154 over the two rounds. A pair of sophomores from California rounded out the Harvard contingent, as Christine Cho shot 156 on the weekend for 17th place, and Jane Lee tied for 22nd with a total score...
...Bouyed by Macau's nascent recovery, other operators are pushing ahead with new projects. On Sept. 21, SJM Holdings, controlled by long-time Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, opened the French-themed, 170-table Casino L'Arc. It is SJM's 17th casino in the city, and the company plans to launch another, Casino Oceanus, by the end of the year. In June, Ho's son Lawrence, CEO of NASDAQ-listed Melco Crown Entertainment, opened a mega-resort called City of Dreams, with a 520-table casino and a Hard Rock Hotel. An 800-room Grand Hyatt opens...
...often the proceedings of the Communist Party of China resemble a detective story, but the Fourth Plenum of the 17th Congress, which just concluded in Beijing, fits the bill perfectly. In fact, the Plenum, the Party's biggest annual meeting at which major policy and personnel decisions are made, is being compared to the Sherlock Homes storyline in which the most significant clue is something that did not occur - the guard dog that didn't bark on the night of the murder. At the characteristically secretive Plenum, the equivalent clue into the mystery of who will be China's next...