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...people in society. He recalls that when he became Undergraduate Assembly president, one member questioned what message his election would send to the outside world.But Colantuono concludes, “I rather doubt that question would be asked today.”—Lois E. Beckett contributed to the reporting of this article. —Staff writer John R. Macartney can be reached at jmacartn@fas.harvard.edu...
...help in crafting Reagan’s policy for the first weeks of his term, Porter writes in an e-mail. Without ever missing one of his classes, he writes, Porter “shuttled down to Washington.” —Staff writer Lois E. Beckett can be reached at lbeckett@fas.harvard.edu...
Late Thursday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and top diplomats from the UK, France, Germany, the EU, Russia and China met in Vienna for eight and a half hours and emerged with what British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett hailed as? "a set of far reaching proposals" aimed at resolving the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program...
...Motion, Size and Life,” will count for Science A credit. Government 1780, “Introduction to Political Economy,” will join the two current departmental alternates for Social Analysis, Economics 1010a and 1010b. —Staff writer Lois E. Beckett can be reached at lbeckett@fas.harvard.edu...
...Blair demote Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to a job running the House of Commons? Perhaps Straw's efforts to cozy up to Blair's likely successor Gordon Brown rankled, but he's generally considered an effective minister with excellent relations in Washington and European capitals. His replacement is Margaret Beckett, formerly the Environment Secretary, who lacks a background in foreign policy. A Downing Street source says Blair wanted to reward Beckett for her unflashy competence. Straw already had five years in the job and had been aiming to lead the Commons - though not quite yet. The source stressed the importance...