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Allston planning moved to the front burner with the advent of Summers’ presidency. In his installation adress in October 2001, he pledged that planning and development of a new campus in Allston would be one of his top priorities as president...
...believe the community is supportive and enthusiastic about the advent of another arts center in the area,” he said...
...already called Ilham's appointment a coup, is threatening mass demonstrations. Urbane and sinister, Aliyev rose through the ranks of the KGB and Soviet Communist Party hierarchy to the Politburo, where he was famous for spectacularly fulsome tributes to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. His career withered with the advent of Mikhail Gorbachev, but by 1993 he had maneuvered himself into the presidency of the newly independent Azerbaijan with a performance worthy of a Shakespearean villain. He first offered assistance to Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijan's populist but inexperienced President. He then distanced himself as military and political opposition to Elchibey grew...
...want a good look at how America views Dad," Peter suggested, "turn on the TV." Since the advent of television, parenting has been a staple of prime time; during my childhood, I regularly found patriarchal paragons across the dial - from "Father Knows Best" to "Little House on the Prairie" to the Cos. This year, comedian Bernie Mac would be the obvious choice as TV's favorite dad. His show has a bold spin (he plays a childless husband who takes in his sister's kids while she's in rehab), and the ratings are strong. My trouble with Bernie, though...
However, Lowell’s answers—which included the advent of concentrations and the House system—provide few clues about the present, as today’s student body does not much resemble the Harvard of his time...