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...Cambridge Historical Society, the second oldest house in Cambridge. Alex R. Breaux ’09, a psychology concentrator interested in pursuing acting after graduation, donned breeches and stockings for the lead. In order to prepare for the role, Breaux read up on Harvard’s historical background. “It was good to know John Harvard’s background and history,” said Breaux, who is also a wide receiver on Harvard’s football team. “But in terms of developing and playing the character, the emotions naturally arise...
...revived the ailing New York Stock Exchange. Merril Lynch reported an $8.4 billion loss in securities and bad loans last month. Thain was deeply involved in establishing the then-booming mortgage bond business while he was at Goldman Sachs. “John is an appropriate choice given his background as a risk manager,” Burke said. Thain’s former roommate, James A. Leahy, remembered Thain as “an unbelievably polite, all-American boy” who was “unassuming in manner” and “genuinely nice...
...Ultimately, despite the fact that the vast majority of differences are between parties and not within them, the candidates on each side do vary in character, background, and ideology. Since nobody truly knows who the best candidate would be for each party politically, we should actually vote for the person we like the best. A radical suggestion, I know...
...much work," he says. "My basic rule with anything that has to do with sake is that it takes 2 1?2 times as much effort because the educational element is unknown." Pearce is very much a purist: "You can't go into sake with a wine background and understand it. You have to understand it on its own." But, he adds, "it's exactly like wine, in that people will turn on to better ones." That should keep importers--and the Shinto gods--happy for years to come...
...generating stem cells is suddenly possible for anyone with a basic background in molecular biology. No special expertise in handling chromosomes, nuclei or eggs is needed...