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...whole project was Larry Summers’ brainchild,” Wynne said...
According to its website, Lamont Library is the brainchild of Keyes D. Metcalf, Harvard’s top librarian until 1955. But Lamont also owes credit to the educational philosophy of Metcalf’s time, embodied by the famous “Red Book” of 1943. Written by a group of faculty led by Provost Paul H. Buck and President James B. Conant ’13, the “Red Book” declared the high purpose of a 20th Century undergraduate education: Harvard must not just teach skills but also civic character, moral temerity...
...hockey star Angela Ruggiero ’02-’04 will make after being selected in an online fan vote from a pool of Winter Games standouts to appear in the upcoming sixth season of the popular reality show, The Apprentice, debuting in January. The program, the brainchild of real estate mogul Donald Trump, pits two teams against each other in tasks testing their character, business acumen, and entrepreneurship, with the least apt candidate—in the eyes of The Donald—getting eliminated each week to the sound of his trademark “You?...
...prove that there's more to Austria's high-altitude resorts than knotty wood paneling and endless chintz. "Having traveled the world, I wanted to create something that would eventually bring it back here to me," says proprietor and native son Herbert Bren of his $11.4 million brainchild. A collaboration between Munich-based architects Niki Szilagyi and Evi M?rklstetter, the Mavida comprises 47 sparse but tasteful rooms, each with open granite showers, private balconies and widescreen views of the Alps. Public areas are appointed in muted tones and the only real nod to traditional Alpine gem?tlichkeit is a classy, glass...
...prove that there's more to Austria's high-altitude resorts than knotty wood paneling and endless chintz. "Having traveled the world, I wanted to create something that would eventually bring it back here to me," says proprietor and native son Herbert Bren of his $11.4 million brainchild. A collaboration between Munich-based architects Niki Szilagyi and Evi Märklstetter, the Mavida [an error occurred while processing this directive] comprises 47 sparse but tasteful rooms, each with open granite showers, private balconies and widescreen views of the Alps. Public areas are appointed in muted tones and the only real...