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...greedy automakers quit crying wolf and lower interest rates? Why let credit-card companies have such high interest rates, too? Crack down on all the offers. We own our house and all our vehicles outright because we had to manage our money. David Leatherman, OTHELLO, WASH...
...travelers." Apparently the People's Alliance for Democracy in Bangkok [Briefing, Dec. 8] considered this an option, organizing the peaceful siege of both city airports, resulting in chaos for 90,000 business travelers, tourists, visitors, staff and Haj pilgrims in transit - although I imagine the timing was coincidental. Thomas David Jent, EVIAN LES BAINS, FRANCE...
Despite the current financial crisis, Harvard is hardly lacking in monetary resources. According to Inside Higher Education, Harvard ranked second among U.S. universities in alumni giving in both 2006 and 2007. A recently announced gift of $100 million from David Rockefeller ’36 indicates that 2008 will be another banner year in terms of alumni donations. If the current trend in giving persists, and presuming the economy recovers in the next few years, Harvard’s endowment could reach a whopping $80 billion within a decade...
...Harvard may be poised for political office.Caroline B. Kennedy ’80, daughter of John F. Kennedy ’40, is rumored to be considering an offer to fill the Senate seat currently occupied by Hillary R. Clinton, according to media reports last week.New York Gov. David A. Paterson met with Kennedy last week to discuss the position and assess her potential interest in it, the reports said. Paterson will name a replacement after Clinton’s expected confirmation as Secretary of State next month.‘HERS FOR THE ASKING’Insiders say Kennedy...
Almost six decades ago, Peter G. Palches ’55 served as a reporter for The Harvard Crimson covering Cambridge City Hall politics, alongside sports editor and future Pulitzer Prize winner David L. Halberstam ’55. Last night, Palches returned to City Hall for the first time in 57 years to voice his support for a proposal drafted by another classmate, Francis H. Duehay ’55, that would rename Plympton St. after Halberstam. Killed in a car accident in 2007, the former Crimson managing editor was acclaimed for his fearless on-the-ground coverage...