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Harvard spokesperson Peter Costa said yesterday he had no statement to release from the Harvard administration...
WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEACEFUL COSTA RICA THAT seems to invite abuse? In March a group of Nicaraguans took over their country's embassy in San Jose, held 24 people hostage for 13 days, then fled with $250,000 in ransom. Last September a Honduran kidnapped Interior Minister Luis Fishman. Then last Monday five heavily armed gunmen slipped into the Supreme Court building in San Jose and took 19 magistrates and five assistants hostage. Initially the kidnappers tried to pass themselves off as Colombians, demanded $20 million, safe passage to a South American country and the release of prisoners from...
Harvard's director of news and public affairs, Peter Costa, said filming has not been allowed in the Yard since "Love Story," because it is disruptive to the learning environment...
...This is not a movie set," Costa said. "There must be a real connection with the school for filming to occur. Sometimes these are not the best movies, and they don't always portray Harvard in the best light...
...churches that are booming -- Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago, for example, or the 429 congregations cloned from Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California -- do not resemble buttoned-down temples of Wasp propriety. Ministers themselves talk of being "customer oriented" and attend seminars to become "church growth" experts. Jeans are as welcome as suits and ties; theater seats replace pews. Instead of using hymnbooks, congregations sing lively, if saccharine, choruses with words projected on a screen. Worship may include skits, audience participation or applause...