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...current fun czarina Sarah J. Sidwell ’09 was a former hospitality chair on the Harvard Concert Commission, a room reservations coordinator at the College Dean’s Office, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Student Organization Center at Hilles...
...gallon (2 L) of vodka a day - cracked down on home-brewed alcohol by creating liquor licenses, which were required in order to sell vodka. Catherine the Great made it illegal for anyone other than the aristocracy to purvey it, which boosted the drink's quality - and the Czarina's coffers. By 1860, more than 40% of government revenue came from vodka. The distillation process had improved (vodka was now filtered with charcoal and occasionally flavored), leading to increased consumption. By 1913, Russian citizens could boast one unlicensed, bootlegging distillery for every 10 households. Drunkenness was so rampant that...
...historically. Consequently, the Fun Czar herself admitted that the tab for bottled water alone neared half of the original budget for the event and accounted for a significant portion of the social programming budget for all of Harvard’s undergraduates that year. Rather than being fired, the Czarina was asked to remain on U-Hall staff for another year in the Office of Student Life...
...Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head from 1993 to 2001, Carol Browner was perhaps "the greatest administrator [the] EPA has ever had," according to Bill Clinton's former chief of staff (and Barack Obama's current transition co-manager) John Podesta. She brings to the role of energy "czarina" a hefty amount of experience in environmental policy-making and consulting. What appears to be causing more speculation regarding her appointment is what exactly her newly created position, officially titled Energy Coordinator, will entail. "Carol understands that our efforts to create jobs, achieve energy security and combat climate change demand integration among...
...Slap for Wal-Mart An Arkansas judge found a Wal-Mart in Conway, Arkansas, guilty of predatory pricing on pharmacy products and ordered the store to raise its prices. (Ironically, health-care czarina Hillary Rodham Clinton served on Wal- Mart's board until she became First Lady...