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...architectural firm of Graduate School of Design Professor Alex Krieger won a competition to redesign the Shanghai Bund, a stretch of historic buildings along the Huangpu river, in time for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai...
...Among the quickly-narrowing pool of Republican candidates, we commend Senator John McCain’s firm opposition to the use of torture in violation of the Geneva Conventions and Representative Ron Paul’s rejection of the hawkish foreign policy that has dominated the post-9/11 years...
...official familiar with the negotiations between Partners and Harvard. The two parties preliminarily agreed to the time period in a letter of intent, the official said, adding that the spin-off will retain the Harvard brand-name until the end of 2012. The actual name of the new firm, the creation of which is slated to be announced in mid-March, has not been finalized. Plans to spin off part of HMI were confirmed by two of the subsidiary’s vice presidents, Thomas H. Aretz and Mehul C. Mehta, last week. Currently, HMI prominently features its Harvard ties...
...fast as its escalators. From the subway station at Sugamo, a neighborhood of northwestern Tokyo's Toshima Ward, riders ascend single file to street level at the pace of treacle on a winter day - a pace that allows for eyes to adjust to the rising step and for a firm grip on both red rubber handrails. Here in "Grannies' Harajuku" (based on the name of a district famous for its nubile trendsetters and fashion pranksters), slow is the operative word. Heads in the crowd are gray and silver, not black, pink or red. Glasses are for seeing, not for being...
...undeterred. "This is a market test. I don't know how widespread and deep the appetite might be," he says. "There's only one way to find out." Other goals could be within closer range. The financial target might be high, agrees Joe McLean, a partner at business advisory firm Grant Thornton, but Taylor's scheme "could produce some economic and political pressure on the board," he says. That might prompt the board to add a fan member of the scheme to its ranks. And if you can't become a club owner, sitting alongside one could well...