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Campus supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John F. Kerry received a boost yesterday from Chris Heinz, Kerry’s stepson and a neophyte politico quickly gaining a reputation as a campaign heartthrob...
...publicly-known strategies of the publishing industry. First, Redline exploits the simple fact that publishers often sell the same products overseas at huge discounts. Second, Redline has saved students money by cutting back on the superfluous spending that results from unnecessary chapters or software which is often bundled to boost book prices. These added products are often discarded by professors and students alike, but students typically pay for them because they don’t have any convenient option...
Performance of the Week Relations between India and Pakistan got a boost last week after some hotel hopping diplomacy in New York City. First, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH traveled to the Roosevelt Hotel to meet PAKISTAN PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, who gave him a painting of Singh's boyhood hometown, the village of Gah in Pakistan's Punjab province, and one of his old report cards. Then the two men had a one-on-one meeting without aides that lasted an hour. Later in the day, Musharraf traveled five blocks to Singh's hotel, the New York Palace, where...
...fundraising boost, Nye, who now holds the Sultan of Oman chair in international affairs, said yesterday that much of the school’s surplus can be attributed to cost-saving measures and structural reforms...
What is peculiar, however, is the broader trend seen in so many of the recent HUDS announcements: Changes which are advertised as in the interests of students repeatedly and conveniently boost HUDS’ bottom line. Students may be accustomed to such deceptive public relations from politicians—as well as the University itself—but why is Harvard’s dining provider constantly covering up its budget cuts with obviously suspicious pretenses? Why won’t HUDS be upfront about its decisions...