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According to Adon Hwang '98, it is a Korean custom that beds should not face North because that's the direction in which dead people are buried, "I guess you could call it a superstition," he says. "I wouldn't want to say that I'm superstitious, though. It's just one of those random things your parents ask you to do. I mean, you wouldn't call your mom superstitious, would...
...dean will find HBS in much less dire straits than McArthur did. We hope that the dean will continue McArthur's custom of constantly talking to students and faculty and giving their concerns equal priority. McArthur's move to integrate and involve HBS with its surrounding communities also set a commendable example...
...York-based Bobover Hasidic Jews, and HAIYA ERENTSER, 17, granddaughter of the leader of Israel's influential Vishnitz group; in Bnei Brak, Israel. Many of the 20,000 guests had to watch the union of two of the largest Hasidic dynasties on closed-circuit television. According to custom, the bride and groom had met only three times prior to the ceremony. EXPELLED. ARJUN SINGH, 64, minister turned outspoken critic of the government of India's Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao; from the ruling Congress Party for six years; in New Delhi. Last December, Singh resigned his Human Resources Development Ministry...
...Harvard Coop has also adapted to the morestringent enforcement of the copyright laws.Sourcebooks sold at Coop now include a messagesaying that the Coop's Custom Publishing unit has"paid all proper royalties for all materialsenclosed...
After a busy day at the clinic, Dr. Damon Stutes, 43, changes out of his surgical scrubs and climbs into his four-wheel-drive truck, custom built for high-speed chases. He slides open his Berretta pistol to make sure it is loaded. Pointing a remote control toward a video screen on the garage wall, he flips through eight channels, each offering a different camera view of the outside grounds. As the garage's metal door slides open, he tucks a bulletproof vest between his body and the truck window and steps on the gas. "Once I start moving...