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...Amid light-hearted welcome speeches by other administrators at a Tercentenary Theatre ceremony, Kirby addressed specific issues of study abroad and student-faculty interaction, and he called on students to do their part in sustaining the campus’ academic life...
This did not present a problem. That night, the crowd— fresh-faced and soft-butch, sporting horn-rimmed glasses and carefully bedraggled coiffures—was frequently reduced to whispers amid thundering drum solos, only to be thrust back into blissful tumult by exploding guitars and vocals...
...setting for the game was anything but picturesque. Several dozen loyal fans braved the morning rain to cheer on the Crimson in a game played amid a steady rainfall, worsened by persistent wind...
...street. The Harvard M.B.A. hit the job market with confidence this spring, but after months of rejection, he decided on what he calls "guerrilla tactics." Ruppen, 45, milled around a midtown Manhattan sidewalk in shirtsleeves, spectacles and a sandwich board with 20 other jobless executives last week. Standing firm amid the lunch-break crush, he shouted, "We want work...
...Indeed, other p-chips have suffered similar problems. Shares of Greencool Technology Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-based refrigerant seller founded in 1998, have tumbled 77% since July on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange amid a string of vague rumors of corporate misconduct. In July, the company had to fight off a Chinese media report which claimed its financial statements were unreliable. At the time, Greencool said that certain parts of the report were untrue, but didn't elaborate. In March, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange questioned the company about a large advance payment made to its sole supplier, controlled...