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...winged head of Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep ($1,018) suits serene surroundings, and a head of Apollo, god of music, would look good on any piano ($4,024). Eggheads will enjoy playing with a replica Lewis chess set ($200), one of which featured in the first Harry Potter movie. www.britishmuseum.co.uk...
...exhort readers to "sell yourself" to bosses and colleagues. This one counsels you to do so with self-awareness, finding a style that suits your strengths and weaknesses. The authors describe five models for would-be persuaders: driver (Intel ceo Andy Grove), commander (J.P. Morgan), promoter (Andrew Carnegie), chess player (John D. Rockefeller) and advocate (Sam Walton...
...this last one, choosing names that leave their clubs with unfortunate acronyms or throwing in unnecessary words to achieve cutesy backronyms. Either way, FM (note: only two letters) presents the fifteen worst, and occasionally fictional, in its mission to shame people into better club names. 1) Harvard College Chinese Chess Club (HCCCC) 2) Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) 3) Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group (MHAAG) 4) Harvard College Association of Practice and Learning of Yan Xin Life Science and Technology (HCAOPALOYXLSAT) 5) Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe (STAHR) 6) Circle of Students: Reach and Teach...
...square patrons huddled around the 42-inch flat screen in Cardullo’s front window last Tuesday for the first game of the postseason. The crowd included several “regulars”—two Cambridge policemen, an MIT English professor, the Au Bon Pain chess champ, and a smattering of residents and visitors enjoying Boston’s 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Ben Affleck, David Leary, and Car Talk’s Click and Clack have also joined this convivial crowd in previous seasons. Although Cardullo?...
...everything from throwing food at your friends to playing chess with them,” said Charlene H. Li ’88, principal analyst at Forrester Research, Inc. “Within the college environment, like at Harvard, it’s very easy to be able to translate the things that you do and take them online into Facebook...