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...recent survey says maybe, but don’t put your money on it. In a super-scientific poll conducted among 40 Harvard students in Annenberg Hall and Lamont Library Café, students were asked to choose from four photographs to identify the dean. After a grueling but fair selection process, Pilbeam’s picture was placed among those of British actor Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins in “The Lord of the Rings”), musician Elvis Costello, and folk-singer-turned-fundamentalist Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens). The results? While 55 percent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean David Pilbeam: Man of a Thousand Faces | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...came to Harvard in 1980, he said, and was promoted to building manager of Lowell House in 1984. “My time here has been terrific. I don’t want to leave, but my health doesn’t permit me to stay and be fair to everybody,” Coveney said. “There’s a hole in my heart because Lowell House isn’t a part of my life the way it was.” Throughout his time at Harvard, Coveney was responsible for overseeing the maintenance...

Author: By Lindsay P. Tanne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lowell Celebrates Building Manager | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...while the margin of its victory might have been a lot narrower, few doubt that United Russia would easily have won even if the election had been free and fair. And it's not simply because of the party's policies - indeed, the centerpiece of the party's election platform, as much of its campaign media made clear, was Putin himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putin's Reaganesque Victory | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...Duran, it’s lost love on “Falling Down” and desperation on “The Valley.” The songs are a far cry from earlier material, where subject matters ranged from girls in movies to girls on beaches. To be fair, these girls are, occasionally, in crowds. That’s not to say that the record is a total failure. The band’s more zealous supporters will hail the album as yet another strong showing from the godfathers of modern dance music. Each track is a unique, vaguely...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Duran Duran | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...fair, Bezos deserves a lot of credit. In giving the e-book a facelift, his team made some impressive improvements that put Kindle light-years ahead of its predecessors...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Stick to Hardcover | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

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