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...Music Begin The swings between humor and pathos ended that evening at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, an ornate, three-tier orchestra hall that had been recently fitted with a new acoustic shell around the stage to make the hall worthy of the New York Philharmonic. Some 1,400 people were present - mostly North Koreans, and a few dozen foreign diplomats and businesspeople. Who the North Koreans were, exactly, was maddeningly vague. Maazel had said before the concert that he hoped "ordinary" Koreans would be among those attending, but no one from the orchestra had a clue who the tickets...
...President Drew G. Faust, Dartmouth President James E. Wright, and Gutmann—who is the chair of the Council of Ivy Group Presidents, the governing body of the Ivy League athletic conference—will oversee the committee that will choose Orleans’ replacement. The search will begin this fall...
Last month, Harvard and Boston officials agreed to sign an agreement that would grant the University permission to begin construction on the 589,000-square-foot science complex, which is slated to house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute...
...that the University will begin construction on the science complex this spring, Harvard will focus on its 50-year master plan, which currently includes plans to relocate the Graduate School of Education and the School of Public Health across the river...
...estimated 5,000 to 6,000 in the audience the dark glasses and the sax are distant memories - after all, most were in grade school when Clinton did his Blues Brothers schtick back in the 20th century. Now he takes to the stage to deliver campaign appeals that begin as a pitch for his wife as real "change agent" and end in a mix of wonkish detail and spin on the inner workings of Washington and his observations from his world travels...