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This series of networking opportunities began when over 45 students filled Sever 102 to hear the former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, the former Finnish ambassador to Israel and Cyprus and a veteran of the French diplomatic corps—all Weatherhead Center fellows—discuss their experiences...
When I got to Harvard, though, I was startled to notice that most of my classmates defined themselves—at least in part—through their cultural heritage. One of my first-year roommates was half-Finnish, and coached us on the correct pronunciation of sauna (“Not ‘saw-na!’ There’s no such thing as a ‘saw-na.’ It’s ‘sow-ow-na!”); another, of Uruguayan descent, explained the finer points of gender...
...that too many strange angles would make people reject the place. "I wanted to give them what I call a handrail, a visual handrail." He means that he designed a comforting, symmetrical interior in cozy Douglas fir, with gentle curves that strongly recall the work of Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect whose work is one of Gehry's lifelong inspirations. Gehry's multicolored floral-pattern upholstery is another nod to the comfort factor. A tribute to Lillian's love of flowers, those theme-park reds and blues are also an antielitist gesture that's pure Gehry...
...reactors to Finland - one of the countries worst affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It's a tough job. On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear-power station's No. 4 reactor experienced a massive fire and meltdown, releasing radioactive dust that wafted over Finland. The resulting contamination forced Finnish authorities to slaughter almost a half a million farm animals and restrict fishing in rivers and lakes in central and northern Finland until 1988. Those memories die hard. Indeed, Finland's Prime Minister, Matti Vanhanen, regularly speaks at an annual protest marking the anniversary of Chernobyl. The Finns...
...More work for lawyers, then. Second Chances A year after scrapping its last attempt at a stock market flotation after a slide in share prices, British telephone-directories group Yell announced plans for a $3.3 billion public offering, the largest in London in two years. Insurance For Cheats A Finnish group is offering to pay the fines of Helsinki public-transport users caught riding without a ticket. For €15 a month, pummit.org will pick up a one-off €50 fine for jumping the turnstile...