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Russia's energy general is suave and arrogant, ironic and pragmatic, English-speaking and groomed, aggressive and compliant. Medvedev supervises Gazprom's exports, brushing off allegations of Gazprom being Russia's "pipeline troops," poised to accomplish with energy what the U.S.S.R. used to do with tanks. "There is no politics in our relations with other countries. Just business," he says. And business is booming. Russia is energy rich. Its oil and gas reserves account for more than 20% of its $1 trillion economy...
...English settlement of America impacted our nation in interesting ways [May 7]. A decade of archaeological exploration confirmed that in June 1607, a settlement was established in "northern Virginia" at what is now Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine. This colony lasted just over a year, but the colonists managed to build a 30-ton, 50-ft., shallow-draft vessel they named Virginia, which explored the coast and crossed the Atlantic twice. Four hundred years later, Maine is still recognized as home to the best boat builders in the world. From elegant yachts to Bath Iron Works' naval destroyers, Maine...
...Shaw’s heroes are men of moral passion.” (English...
...Ashton R. Lattimore ’08, a Crimson associate editorial chair, is an English and American literature and language concentrator in Dunster House...
...salary rose 3.1 percent from the previous year. His 2005 compensation was the second-lowest among Ivy League presidents, according to a database maintained by the Chronicle of Higher Education.The $1 million loan to Summers came last June, when he and his wife, Professor of English Elisa New, purchased a 16-room colonial house in the Brookline suburb. Summers and New paid $2.53 million for the home, according to the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds.Summers’ first interest payment is due to Harvard in August 2010, and he is exempted from payments on the principal of the mortgage...