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...Stevens told his proctor about the theft and then called Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and his debit card company. Trying to cancel his debit card, Stevens recalls, took forever. It was a Sunday, so banks were closed, and Stevens had to call an automated 1-800 number. "I would listen to all the menu choices, and none of them sounded like the right one, so I'd just pick one, and it would be wrong and I'd have to call again." Stevens ended up calling the company five times...
Hurricane Irene spoiled the Crimson's visit to Florida for the Miami Invitational last weekend. The inclement weather followed Harvard home to Ohiri Field Wednesday, as showers drenched the pitch and forced officials to cancel the match-up against cross-town rival Boston University...
...Graham, who was forced to cancel a visit to Harvard last spring because of illness, yesterday's trip to Harvard may be one of his last...
...should not subject institutions to the personal prejudices of public officials. Back in New York, the underfunded Brooklyn Museum of Art ? which was hoping that "Sensations" would help put it back on the road to the big leagues ? faces a no-win situation: If they back down and cancel the show, they?ve likely closed their doors to future groundbreaking works. If they stand their ground and defy the mayor, their doors may be closed, period...
...Aceh and Irian Jaya would use the East Timor precedent to push for their own secession--and so, the theory goes, they wanted to make an example of East Timor. Others argued that regional commanders intended to defy Jakarta and reduce East Timor to a state of anarchy to cancel out entirely the result of the referendum. "The military feels insulted," says Harry Tjan Silalahi, a think-tank director in Jakarta. "Some may want to restore order, but those in the field have a much different purpose." In all likelihood, each of these explanations added a sliver of sick truth...