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There's an undeniably romantic allure to the notion that India's election result marks the ordained resurrection of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty. Its improbable return to power, atop a messy and probably fragile coalition of the Congress Party was led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of slain former Prime Minister Rajiv, who was son of the legendary prime minister Indira Gandhi (also assassinated), herself daughter of the country's legendary first prime minister, Jawarahalal Nehru, the father of modern India. As if to highlight the dynastic allure of her party, Sonia had her son Rahul...
...isn’t the subject matter of Blue Blood, first novel of Edward Conlon ’87, that has won the cop drama extensive media coverage and a spot atop bestseller lists. It’s the author himself, a literally blue-collared detective for the NYPD who happens to have a Harvard diploma. FM tracked Conlon down for a phone interview while he was on tour in California, and the author was happy to talk about hiding his Harvard degree from his fellow cops, his first break into security work as a receptionist for HUPD...
...short also reveals an explanation for the mysterious golden statue that sits atop one of the granite pedestals outside EMS on the intersection of Eliot and Brattle streets. “It’s a statue of Doo Doo, Igor’s favorite character, that was commissioned by the Cambridge Arts Council, placed there in honor of him,” says Henoch. “A Russian sculptor named Konstantin Simun created the statue, and over 1000 people attended the dedication...
...Friday’s first round, Klein played crisp and controlled golf en route to shooting a one over-par 72, placing himself atop the individual standings...
...understand that right away at his new student center at the Illinois Institute, a campus designed and once headed by none other than Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Thanks to the sleeve for the railway that sits atop the center's V-shaped roof, it has an aggressively awkward exterior, like a shed being crushed by a giant auto muffler. Inside it's a kind of bright angular cyclotron designed for the purpose of accelerating human fusion. By encouraging students to literally cross paths at every turn, it offers itself as a substitute for the city that once bordered closely...