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...bigger hurdle for Johnson is to prove that he can do deep as well as droll. In a revealing jest about his party's candidate for mayor, Tory leader David Cameron recently remarked: "Inside Boris there is a serious, ambitious politician fighting to get out." The London election next May will pit Johnson against another colorful maverick, the incumbent Ken Livingstone, a wily and resilient left-winger who has introduced tolls for cars entering central London and is now promising to boost the capital's stock of affordable housing. Johnson has not yet revealed his own manifesto, but speaks...
Many of the bigger houses are now museums where you can study the Karoo's harsh history: the Great Trek, when the Boers left Cape Town for the interior in 1835-40; wars between Europeans and Africans, particularly Zulus; wars among Europeans (the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902); the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and Boer mythology. Not all the area's troubles are past. There's more than a hint of enduring apartheid in the town's layout: colonial mansions for whites in the center, tin shacks for coloreds and blacks on the outskirts. And there's a lingering...
...great to revive a tradition from the days of old,” she said. Alford noted that the social space at the Women’s Center enabled the interns to improve the event from its previous incarnations. “I think this is probably on a bigger scale than they probably ever had,” she said. Leftover clothing, as well as proceeds from the sale of tickets, will be donated to local charities to be chosen by the event planners. Women’s Center intern Kameron A. Collins ’09 said that...
...gift will help expand the activities of the Center for Public Leadership. “It’s really going to be their show from now on,” she said. “We hope to bring more dollars to the table to make it even bigger and better.” Endowed gifts are administered centrally by the University, Gergen said, and schools receive an annual payout that usually comes to about 4 percent of the principal. While this is the largest one-time gift to the Center, Gergen noted that Leslie and Abigail Wexner have...
...Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), said that more students are aware of local foods this year.“This fall is the first time people have been very interested,” Zdeb said. “I think food and the environment are just in a bigger place in the news right now.”Just a few weeks ago, students munched on locally grown organic apples in the Thayer Hall basement to plan the campaign for Slow Food Harvard, a new group that aims to promote sustainable eating habits among students.“It?...