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...ceremony, three Harvard professors whostudy Africa, Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr.,Jeffrey D. Sachs '76 and Kwesi Botchwey, announceda new program from Harvard's Center forInternational Development (CID) to devote moretime to studying Africa and working with Africaninstitutions and scholars...
...World War II; biographies of the Founding Fathers; bound editions of the American Hunter; tough-guy novels by Larry McMurtry, Elmore Leonard and Patrick O'Brien. And, yes, the souvenirs: the ax, dripping fake blood, from a production of Macbeth and the sword from the movie El Cid. ("All things I've killed with or been killed with.") A statue of Andrew Jackson, given to him by the director Cecil B. DeMille, recalls another epic role. "Jackson was one of my favorite Presidents," says Heston, grinning. "One mean son of a bitch...
...Harvard is expanding its work in developmentby creating two new parts," Sachs said. "[CID]adds a teaching and research institute to theadvisory portion...
...There are a fair number of faculty members inthe Kennedy School for whom the CID will be anatural home," Schauer said. Two newprofessorships will be made possible by the newcenter, according to a press release. The newcenter comes a year after HIID's Russianactivities faced serious government scrutiny...
...officials were quick to dissociate the newcenter from HIID. While HIID reports to theUniversity provost, CID will be under the KSGdean...