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...agreed on Monday by Iraq's cabinet, foreign oil companies will be allowed to cut long-term exploration and development deals with the government for 20 years, renewable for a further five years. Companies willing to operate in a country with high physical risks - insurgents regularly blow up pipelines and kill contractors - will be allowed to export their oil after paying the government a minimum 12.5% royalty, although there are usually also cash signing bonuses to the government, and most "profit oil," extracted after operating costs are met, would likely go to Baghdad. Regional governments - only Kurdistan has one right...
Were former Harvard professor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow alive today, he would have 200 candles to blow out on his very large birthday cake. Even before the famous poet earned worldwide acclaim for his romantic verses, he taught foreign languages at Harvard and schmoozed with the Cambridge literati of the day. Thus his birthday is garnering special attention on campus, as well as across the city and the nation. A LONG LEGACY Succeeding George Ticknor, Longfellow became the second Smith professor of modern languages in 1836 and laid much of the foundation for comparative language study at Harvard. He often battled...
...special powers—he is a self-made man, the American dream. He may have been born into privilege, but the early death of his parents was a trial that truly tested his fortitude. Some individuals with less personal strength would have been shattered by the blow. But rather than crumble under the misery, he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made something constructive out of his despair. Now, that’s what I call rugged individualism...
...Jones finished in 3:13.61. These performances helped the Crimson snag a second place team finish on the weekend, falling to the host Tigers by a score of 1405-1220.5. Though it was the second straight loss to Princeton, Rathgeber’s individual performance helped soften the blow...
...available at Oxford, and you will probably be asking your undergraduate advisor for research funding and advice. There are no breaks for Rhodes scholars; in Oxford, you’ll be a dime per dozen. If you’re a Harvard Rhodes, expect the H-bomb to blow up in your face. Your undergrad alma mater can stigmatize you in your department and Rhodes House alike...