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Kerry and McCain received the Christian A. Herter Memorial Award last night in the Grand Ballroom of the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, recognizing their efforts to normalize relations betweeen the U.S. and Vietnam over the last decade. The award is presented each year by the World Affairs Council of Boston to “distinguished leaders who have contributed significantly to international understanding...
...that time, but nothing compared with the cost of its latest nine-year restoration: $135 million. That money bought a revitalization as well as a renovation: guest rooms were done over twice; a 20,000-sq.-ft. oceanfront spa and fitness center was built; so was a new ballroom, and lobbies and loggia were restored. New restaurants and bars were added, as were adjoining tennis and golf clubs. When the Ocean Course, the oldest 18-hole course in Florida, was recently redesigned by course architect Brian Silva, its transformation was duly noted in golf and travel magazines...
...December 10, the Corporation made its first major announcement—albeit privately to the Board of Overseers—that the slate of candidates had been narrowed to between 30 and 40. At their regularly scheduled December meeting, the Overseers gathered in the gilded ballroom of Loeb House to hear Stone read off the list. He proceeded slowly, pausing to explain the positions of non-Harvard candidates. Then-Vice President Al Gore ’69 and President Bill Clinton had all been stricken from the list, but he did read off some familiar names: Varmus, Sullivan, Fineberg, Summers...
...hours later, Summers stood in the ballroom of Loeb House, looked out into a sea of television cameras, and stated simply, “It’s good to be home. I accept...
...hours later, Summers stood in the ballroom of Loeb House, looked out into a sea of television cameras, and stated simply, "It's good to be home. I accept...