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...Dhruva K. Kothari ‘06, a Mather House economics concentrator, said that Summers got what he deserved. “If he didn’t accord enough respect to the Faculty, I don’t have problems with the way they treated...
...nearly abducted after a man brandishing a fake gun attempted to force her into his car, police said.The victim, who is not affiliated with the University, told police that the assailant followed her from the Harvard Square T stop in his car at about 2:00 a.m. yesterday, according to a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) advisory sent to students yesterday. The male driver of the car allegedly pulled over his Honda Accord, displayed a gun, and attempted to get the victim into his car but fled when a security guard at the Kennedy School of Government arrived, according...
...rather than taken as the celebratory tribute that it was. Indeed, even the Opening Ceremonies have already been a theater for overtures in international diplomacy: this was the first Winter Olympics where the two Koreas marched under one flag. This two-week display of human endeavor and international accord succeeds because the values of the Games are ultimately more powerful than the divisive forces embodied by world wars, racism, or corrupt figure skating judges. Baron de Coubertin’s vision remains intact. During the last two weeks, the world was once again host to something thoroughly improbable: a gathering...
...have shown that the Olympics truly can serve Coubertin’s vision. It is a travesty that in today’s climate of simmering international tension, the Olympics is losing its relevance; not even the pretence of using the Games for its original purpose, to promote accord between the people and countries of the world, remains. Instead, we have an unabashed celebration of corporate sponsorship, Nielsen ratings, and hollow jingoism. With painted plastic cows marching, hula-hooped acrobats flying, human playing-cards dancing, and even a dragon-shaped harp fire-blowing during opening and closing ceremonies...
...expanding their own number of flights to and from the U.S. Venezuela says it has exhausted "all conciliatory avenues" with the FAA. Its National Civil Aviation Institute insists it has completed internationally-certified improvements that warrant the U.S. upgrade and claims the Bush Administration is ignoring an international air accord, signed by both countries, that guarantees "principals of equality" in air service. But the FAA says that Venezuela has yet to meet the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency based in Montreal. The State Department, meanwhile, warned it might consider an "appropriate response...