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...will continue to do whatever is good for Hong Kong's prosperity and stability." WEN JIABAO, Chinese Premier, speaking to Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang during Tsang's first visit to the capital after his controversial, Beijing-backed proposals for political reform were blocked by democratic legislators last month...
...Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to become chairman of a company building a new gas pipeline from Russia to Western Europe that will bypass Ukraine by going under the Baltic Sea. Putin also offered a top job at a Russian state-owned oil company to former U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans; Evans declined the position...
...criticism as "a lot of nonsense," reportedly suggesting he might sue one German tabloid for allegedly overstating his salary. Still, Russia seems to be courting pols in the West. Reports claim Putin earlier this month offered the chairmanship of Russian state oil firm Rosneft to former U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, a close friend of President Bush. Rosneft is readying for an IPO next year, after picking up the production arm of its dismembered rival Yukos in a state-sponsored auction a year ago. Sources close to Evans won't confirm or deny the offer, saying only that Evans supports...
Retired Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Donald Martino, widely respected for his atonal works, died on Thursday aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean off the coast of Antigua. He was 74. The death was caused by cardiac arrest, which was brought about by complications with his diabetes and occurred while he was vacationing with Lora Martino, his wife of 36 years. Born in Plainfield, N.J. in 1931, Martino taught music for over 20 years. Martino joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard in 1983 after teaching at Princeton, Yale, The New England Conservatory, and Brandeis...
...spoke enthusiastically about the event. “I think this was a great idea,” said Lazeena Rahman ’06, who heard about the festival from Lala. “People are actually learning a lot.” Another senior, Beatriz M. Mac Donald ’06 said she agreed. “This is a perfect setting at Harvard for food and information; a lot of people definitely came, and the music was a nice touch,” she said. Many said the relaxed setting helped stimulate conversation without turning away...