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...member search committee to choose Harper’s successor was formed today. The committee includes Corporation members Houghton, Nannerl O. Keohane, and Robert D. Reischauer, and Board of Overseers members Robert W. Ferguson, Jr., Lee Pelton, and Patti B. Saris...
Recent star-hire Niall Ferguson, a professor of history and author of the best-selling books, “Colossus,” “House of Rothschild,” and “Empire,” will teach his first courses at the College next spring, when he will offer both History 10b, “Western Economies, Societies, and Polities from 1648 to the Present” and, with Saltonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier, History 1965, “International History: States, Markets, and the Global Economy: Conference Course...
...Europe will still be the center of gravity [in 10b], but only in as much as it genuinely was the dominant continent for most of the three centuries after 1648,” Ferguson said in an e-mail, “I’ll lay more emphasis on warfare, empires and economics...
...dangerously low bar for First Amendment abridgement. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court, by a razor-thin 5-4 vote, upheld the law on Dec. 10, 2003. That day may go down in history alongside other judicial low points, like May 18, 1896, when, in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court ruled that states could maintain “separate but equal” facilities for whites and blacks. As one of the more moderate justices, Anthony Kennedy, wrote with regard to McCain-Feingold: “Never before in our history has the Court upheld a law that suppresses...
...pals call her Fergie. But really, Princess Fergie will never do. Still, Sarah Ferguson, 26, is the latest lass to catch the fancy of Prince Andrew, 25, and this has Britons wondering whether Randy Andy is finally over Blue Koo Stark and is now serious about fairer Sarah. Friends whisper that he still carries a torch for the soft-porn film actress. Last week, however, the royal tittle-tattle was all about Ferguson's visit, at Queen Elizabeth's invitation, to Sandringham for a week-long New Year's house party. She was first spotted with Andrew last June...