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...diplomatic chess game around Iran's nuclear program includes an unlikely bishop. According to several well-placed Rome sources, Iranian officials are quietly laying the groundwork necessary to turn to Pope Benedict XVI and top Vatican diplomats for mediation if the showdown with the United States should escalate toward a military intervention. The 80-year-old Pope has thus far steered clear of any strong public comments about either Iran's failure to fully comply with U.N. nuclear weapons inspectors or the drumbeat of war coming from some corners in Washington. But Iran, which has had diplomatic relations with...
Pilbeam said recently that he has convened a committee to consider reforms. Then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 called last spring for the creation of a committee, citing concerns that students do not have a voice when they go in front of the board...
...Most Spirited Fan.” The aspiring fans were first asked Harvard-related questions by Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67—who was sporting out a “Go Crimson” headband—and mathematics professor Benedict H. Gross ’71, the former dean of the College. The top four contestants were asked “Miss America”-style questions, then were each given 15 seconds to get the crowd to make as much noise as possible. A slow clap and “Harvard?...
Mathematician Benedict H. Gross ’71 drives an early-model hybrid, a 2001 Honda Insight. (“It’s aerodynamic and made of plastic,” the former dean of the College says. “They only made a couple hundred...
...roundtable discussion called “Jewish in 2007,” some 60 people gathered at Hillel to hear Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz, former Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, and Professor Stephen A. Marglin talk about how they have merged their intellectual and spiritual lives...