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After all, the Clarkson Golden Knights and St. Lawrence Saints, who play on campuses standing only a 20-minute drive apart, shepherd their respective communities through subzero winters and drive the local economy. And for a decade and a half, Mark Morris was the czar of Clarkson’s hockey empire...
Which is a fitting way to put things. When Kip was in eighth grade, he wrote a paper on Faberge, years before the first egg came into the Forbes fold. The eggs are important historical markers for Russians. Czar Alexander III commissioned the Russian jeweler Peter Carl Faberge in 1885 to make an Easter present for his wife. His son Nicholas II continued the tradition for more than 30 years. After the 1917 revolution, the Bolsheviks lost track of the eggs--there were probably 50--and when they reappeared in Western art markets (after being smuggled out of the country...
Behind the turnaround is Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, Harvard’s unofficial safety czar. At the beginning of the assault wave, the University struggled to craft a coherent response. Safety responsibilities are decentralized among dozens of Harvard officials. But in this cramped subterranean setting, Kidd has pushed key decision-makers into close contact...
...think a hero will present himself in the course of the action,” Mather Co-Czar (House Committee Co-chair) Zachary A. Corker ’04 said...
...pieces designed for the 1878 Universal Exhibition, including an ornate enameled Turkish coffee set. There's a huge showcase full of vases, dishes and stemware commissioned by personages ranging from Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan to Jazz Age entertainer Josephine Baker. In one room, a giant candelabra ordered by Czar Nicholas II stands next to chairs designed for Indian maharajas. Another features a surreal canopy (pictured) painted by French artist G?rard Garouste, inspired by the symbols of alchemy: air, water, earth and fire. Throughout the museum, Starck contrasts the sumptuous and the simple. In the tableware showroom, for instance, bare concrete...