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...organization designed to promote an agenda that rolled back the clock on equality and justice,” the spokeswoman, Laura Capps, said in an interview on Wednesday night. Capps noted that when Kennedy graduated from the College in 1956, women from Radcliffe had just begun to attend Harvard classes. “When Senator Kennedy joined the all male social club called Owl, there were no women at Harvard,” Capps wrote in an e-mail. Owl President Nick Cetrulo ’06 came to his club’s defense yesterday. He said that unlike...
...promise of a lucrative partnership, however, helped to ease the reluctancy. Tourism Minister Abraham Hirchson reportedly predicted it would draw as many as 1 million visitors and generate $1.5 billion annually. Robertson and Hirchson were supposed to attend the signing of a formal agreement within the next few weeks. That prospect evaporated after Robertson's remarks. Hirchson is a close friend of Sharon's and one of the founding members of his new Kadima party. The idea of sitting across from the man who had claimed God struck down is friend, says one party briefed on the issue, may have...
...singers, politicians, movie stars and even (shock, horror) the odd porn actress. A ban on smoking, instituted at the 2004 ball, has been another blow to the faithful, as has the introduction of contemporary music (nowadays you can boogie and salsa in addition to waltz). In that case, why attend? For the stunning visual spectacle, above all. Upwards of 60,000 flowers decorate the opulent 137-year-old venue, which is crammed to the rafters with staff in 19th-century livery and guests in white tie or lavish gowns. Then there's the matchless beauty of the polonaise, the famous...
...rotating lecturers are a benefit rather than a detriment.“The professors’ lectures mesh really well with each other,” says Tse. “They have slightly different teaching styles that complement each other really nicely.”All four professors attend each lecture, where they sit among the students, Tse adds. The professors have a close affinity with many students. The relationship is reflected in multiple Facebook groups, including several focusing on the professors and one dedicated to the chalk they use to draw amino acids on their Science Center blackboard.The...
...surprisingly, given those results, a growing number of corporations?including Deutsche Bank, Google and Hughes Aircraft?offer meditation classes to their workers. Jeffrey Abramson, CEO of Tower Co., a Washington-based development firm, says 75% of his staff attend free classes in transcendental meditation. Making employees sharper is only one benefit; studies say meditation also improves productivity, in large part by preventing stress-related illness and reducing absenteeism...