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...Sean” Palfrey ’67 said that although he was not as unruly as his students, he had also been out early in the morning, congratulating freshmen on their admission to Adams.For some, however, the early morning cohorts were small comfort for the news they delivered. Amid the Annenberg ruckus, soon-to-be Currier resident Allan S. Bradley ’11 said that, while he had heard Quad housing was better than River housing, he remained a little disappointed with his lottery results. “This is all a little overwhelming...
...investors, gold is a traditional hedge in uncertain times, whenever inflation or geopolitical tensions loom. Little wonder, then, that its price has skyrocketed amid the current market turmoil. A look at some other moments when jitters gave gold a push...
RIGGED AGAIN? Mugabe is accused of fixing his last election, in 2005; this time, he has barred U.S. and European monitors and has limited media access amid reports of corrupt voter registration, gerrymandering and threats of violence against the opposition...
...soldier stumbled on an elaborately camouflaged trapdoor. Haldane's team had found the now infamous Cu Chi tunnels, a maze that at its peak went on for 155 miles (250 km) and now draws thousands of tourists every year. Haldane, who won a Silver Star for helping wounded GIs amid the sniping...
...quietest voice that speaks the loudest. The quiet voice I heard in 1988 was that of a young woman from Ghana. The morning my wife Rosalynn and I visited the woman's village of Denchira, near the Ghanaian capital of Accra, she sat timidly on a bench amid her neighbors, who had assembled to greet us. She appeared to be in excruciating pain, and it looked as if she were cradling a baby in her right arm. As I approached, I was shocked to see that she was not holding a baby but her grossly swollen right breast. A guinea...