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...announced the start of ‘A Program for Harvard College,’ an effort that resulted in three additions to the undergraduate residential structure: Quincy House in 1959, Leverett Towers in 1960, and Mather House in 1970. To solve the problem of over-crowding, a central initiative of his administration, Pusey called for an active fundraising drive by the alumni to address the growing needs of the College. Pusey’s capital campaign to raise $82.5 million, the equivalent of $287.5 million today, marked the most extensive fundraising campaign to be undertaken by Harvard?...
...especially at Harvard. However, others still harbored animosity toward him. Issues of security were problematic at all the venues that hosted Castro. The situation was especially chaotic in Boston, where, prior to Castro’s arrival, a man from Massachusetts was found in New York’s Central Park with a homemade, and most likely unusable, bomb. But the visit was viewed largely as a success, and, according to the New York Times, made Americans and Castro feel better about each other. These hopeful feelings and possibilities of friendly relations between the two countries were nevertheless quickly dispelled...
...Gonzalez first forged their relationship over a love of salsa dancing. “We met my freshman year. We both dance salsa and I went to take his salsa class,” Gandia said. “Months later, I went out to dance salsa in Central Square at a place called the Havana Club, and he was there. We started dancing.” The pair grew to be quick friends and salsa partners, but did not become romantic for several years. “We were both in relationships, and from my freshman year up until...
Watch Your Weight. American Airlines and American Eagle are instituting a box and bag embargo on oversize, overweight or excess baggage from June 6 to Aug. 25 on flights from the U.S. to Grenada, Jamaica, Haiti, Ecuador, the Bahamas, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other destinations in the Caribbean and Central and South America. Passengers will be allowed one carry-on bag, with a maximum size of 45 linear inches and a maximum weight of 40 lb. Checked luggage weighing between 51 and 70 pounds will cost $50 per bag. Sports equipment, such as golf bags, surfboards and other items...
...exactly, the U.S. will do that, or what "the medium term" means. That's what the Chinese leadership wants to know, though, and they no doubt started asking later in the day, when Geithner met with Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the China's central bank...