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...fourth and fifth singles players emerged victorious for Harvard with identical 6-1, 6-1 scores. Wang neatly took care of Scott at sixth singles, causing Scott to commit several unforced errors in a quick match. At fourth singles, Anderson never trailed her opponent, Dartmouth’s Suydam, as Anderson used her strong volleys and consistent baseline shots to frustrate her opponent...
...monitoring board made up of members of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers, which had the initial concerns about the grant. Provost Steven E. Hyman said that the Committee “only gave permission to go forward if financial and administrative control and the authority to commit Harvard University to additional responsibilities were in the hands of someone with deep administrative experience in global development projects.” Such oversight is necessary given the risks of working in Third World countries and the fact that the University’s reputation is at stake if something goes...
...story, first reported last Monday by the Xinhua news agency, said the University will commit $100 million towards building the school, to be located in Xi’an, capital of China’s Sha’anxi province...
...won’t be any fun for Chirac if his country breaks the European chain of ratification. Still, France can and must sink this treaty. If the unpleasant task were left to the perennially euro-skeptic British, the vote would be interpreted as a refusal to commit, but France can still demand something better to commit to, and should while there is still time...
...When the Joint Committee gave permission to allow the project to go forward last spring—and they reiterated this last Sunday—they only gave permission to go forward if financial and administrative control and the authority to commit Harvard University to additional responsibilities were in the hands of someone with deep administrative experience in global development projects,” Hyman said...