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...FLAP OVER HIS 60 MINUTES report on President Bush's National Guard service has marred Dan Rather's retirement from the CBS Evening News after 24 years. But one thing you can be sure of: Rather--who once signed off from his newscast with the word "Courage"--will put some thought into his Wednesday-night farewell. He may even study some of the parting words of anchors past. --By Jeremy Caplan...
...impulse that only occurs if something is special," says Fendi ceo Michael Burke. "It does not occur with the run of the mill." Hence Fendi's new evening bag, a reimagining of last season's big, squashy Spy, so-called because of the secret compartments in the front flap and the handle. For the fall-winter 2005-06 season, Spy can be spotted in a variety of incarnations, each signaling its exclusivity with a different twist on conspicuous expense, like rich purple velvet lined in tulle and trimmed with pearls. And they're selling well. At Fendi's flagship boutique...
Just months before this latest flap, in an essay for Harvard’s alumni magazine, Summers argued for a measure of autonomy as the University’s chief...
...mini-flap over Summers’ remarks on Jews and Catholics is almost sure to blow over. But the transcript released yesterday may undermine Summers’ assertion that his speech was a “purely academic exploration of hypotheses...
While his resignation came only weeks before Cornel R. West ’74 left Harvard after a now-notorious dispute with University President Lawrence H. Summers, Appiah has always insisted that his primary reasons for leaving had nothing to do with the Summers-West flap. Instead, Appiah said he saw the move as a way to eliminate his weekly commute between Boston and New York, where he still lives with his partner...