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...America is like my distant uncle who doesn't remember my name but occasionally gives me pocket money.' CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE, Nigerian writer, on receiving a $500,000 "genius award" from the MacArthur Foundation...
...anyway.After struggling to find a permanent starting goaltender throughout the 2006-07 season, the Crimson finally landed on then-freshman Kyle Richter to take the reins in the crease. Richter proved his mettle time and again during last year’s campaign, and he received the Ken Dryden award as the top goaltender in the ECAC for his stellar performance in the net.But now the junior from Calgary, Alberta, is taking a year off for unspecified personal reasons, and it looks like Harvard is back to square one.“[Richter’s absence] will certainly have...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, two world-famous artists who have stirred controversy over the years with their large-scale projects, received a Harvard Law School award yesterday in recognition of their skill in negotiating permission for their works. The Great Negotiator Award is given annually by the Law School’s Program on Negotiation and has historically been awarded to figures in business and international diplomacy. Christo and Jeanne-Claude—a married couple recently known for their 2005 project “The Gates” in Central Park, which featured over 7,500 bright orange structures...
...nice that they have an award that lets people do unconventional things,” said Pioneer recipient Aravinthan D.T. Samuel, a professor in the physics department whose lab is developing new microscopes to record neural activity in larvae. “One nice thing about the Pioneer award is that it works at the interfaces of the disciplines between chemistry, physics, biology...
Despite the LDP's precarious position, Aso does have some things going for him. A famously avid fan of manga comics and the first to set up an award for non-Japanese cartoonists, the ex-foreign minister has gained the support of young voters. His characteristic off-the-cuff remarks win him the image of a gruff political straight shooter - he admits, for instance, that he is "prone to pork-barrel spending," but says that to reinvigorate Japan's economy he plans to spend more to stimulate domestic demand. "The economic situation is getting tough," said Aso on Sept...