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...spots in the Men’s Giant Slalom. Harvard senior Christopher Kinner came in 32nd place with a total time of 2:07:49, almost eight seconds behind first place. The Catamounts also took the top spot in the women’s version of the event, while the Crimson’s top finisher was junior Margie Thorp in 37th place with a time...
...Tulia Zevi, another top Italian-Jewish leader, says that even John Paul's visit to the synagogue 24 years ago was met with some hesitation at first. "There were very mixed feelings, excitement but also skepticism. But we also understood it was a very big event," Zevi recalled. One of the other Jewish leaders who attended that 1986 service will also likely be revisiting his memories this weekend. Toaff was five years older than John Paul when he greeted him on the steps of the synagogue on that spring day. When John Paul died in 2005, the rabbi...
That was the main message behind the one-day Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the U.N. on Jan. 14. The event connected green luminaries like Al Gore with the unfamous people who direct hundreds of billions in private investment. This was the fourth annual summit, but it may have been the most fortuitously timed of the lot - occurring after Copenhagen, before the U.S. Senate begins its real work on climate legislation this year and just as investors begin to climb out of the recession. The feeling at the session was hopeful - investors, especially large-scale institutional funds that need...
Freshmen Greg Roop and Brendan McIntee led the way in the 200-yard freestyle event. Roop touched the wall in 1:42.08, while McIntee who posted a 1:43.48 time...
...Danny Ayalon, summoned Turkey's ambassador Ahmet Oguz Celikkol to an urgent meeting. Its purpose was to deliver Israel's complaints about a Turkish TV series that portrays Israeli soldiers as baby killers. At the meeting, Ayalon was caught on camera instructing the Israeli TV news crew covering the event to make sure that its footage captured the fact that Celikkol had been deliberately seated on a chair lower than that of his Israeli counterpart, that only the Israeli flag was on the table (without the Turkish one, as would be the norm at a diplomatic photo op) and that...