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...University, “a remarkable and paradoxical institution,” comes with a long history. As he does every year, Summers offered the first-years comfort by relating his own experiences navigating his first semester as president at Harvard in 2001. He told an anecdote about a clerk refusing him a Harvard Coop number because he lacked a Harvard ID, and quoted Harry Truman’s salient remarks about his time in the United States Senate: “The first six months I couldn’t figure out why I was there. For the rest...
...democratic reform, in the largest demonstrations Malaysia had seen in decades. DISMISSED. Sexual-assault charges against KOBE BRYANT, 26, basketball star; after the woman who accused him of rape declined to testify against him; in Eagle, Colorado. The Los Angeles Lakers guard had been charged with raping the hotel clerk, then 19, who visited his room while he was in Colorado last year. He apologized in a statement, saying: "Although I believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not." A civil suit against Bryant is still pending. INDICTED. BILL CAMPBELL, 51, former Atlanta mayor...
...DISMISSED. Sexual assault charge against KOBE BRYANT, 26, National Basketball Association superstar; after his accuser ceased to cooperate with prosecutors; in Eagle, Colorado. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was charged with raping a 19-year-old desk clerk during a hotel stay last year. The case against him was weakened by the woman's admission that she willingly flirted with and kissed Bryant, and an unproven defense allegation that she had sex with someone else after leaving his room. Bryant released a statement in which he apologized to the woman, saying: "Although I truly believe this encounter between...
...self-serve provides a nice option. And kiosks have become more sophisticated. United Airlines upgraded its 893 kiosks this summer to offer transactions in French and Spanish as well as English. Of course, if you prefer a smile with your service--or are looking for a job as a clerk--kiosks might leave you wanting. But like them or not, kiosks are here to stay. The newest offerings...
...learned that lesson during World War II, when as a 31-year-old file clerk for the OSS (Office of Strategic Services, precursor of the CIA), she met her future husband Paul, who ran the OSS war room. She had no love of food, having been raised in Pasadena, Calif., by a New Englander mother so New Englandy that she registered her daughter at Smith the day she was born. But Paul adored food. So even though she had never cooked much, Julia got a diploma at France's Cordon Bleu when Paul was stationed in Paris. Shortly thereafter...