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When Nathan M. Pusey ’28 assumed the presidency in 1953, Provost Paul Buck, who was serving concurrently as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, stepped down, and the position was abolished for almost forty years...
...blamed the destruction on cyclical weather patterns and drainage problems in neighboring Bogor, which he says he is powerless to control. "There is no point in throwing abuse around," he told a local radio station. Meanwhile, with elections scheduled for next year, the fear in Jakarta is that the buck will simply be passed to the next administration. "Whoever [the next governor] is needs to make flood management and prevention a priority," says political columnist Bara Hasibuan. Otherwise, when rains return to Jakarta, the water will only rise higher...
...findings of all investigations together with the best evidence to constitute a clarion call for a 9-11-style investigation,” Power said. “The fact that we are almost three years from the scandal and still don’t know where the buck stops,” she added, “is an abomination.” The film will be shown next in Washington, D.C., to lawmakers. It airs on HBO on Feb. 22. —Staff writer Erin F. Riley can be reached at eriley@fas.harvard.edu...
...only once did the Best Picture Oscar go to a film whose director didn't receive a nomination: in 1990 with Driving Miss Daisy and Bruce Beresford. So the odds against Little Miss Sunshine are 70 to 1. That a lot of Oscar history the indie movie has to buck...
...more appropriately, the underwhelming way in which this Faculty has assumed responsibility amid a crisis of leadership of its own creation. A year which promised renewal and change has given us little, and we hope the future University President and FAS dean take note: While this faculty may buck off your leadership, without it, there’s just "insufficient business...