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...Tokyo A New Face for Japan On his fourth try for the Prime Minister's post, former Foreign Minister Taro Aso ascended to the top job on Sept. 24. A brash, freewheeling nationalist given to political gaffes (he has joked about Alzheimer's disease and said he wanted Japan to be an attractive destination for "rich Jews"), Aso, 68, cuts a sharply different figure from his dour predecessors, Shinzo Abe and Yasuo Fukuda--whose tenures were dogged, respectively, by scandal and partisan gridlock. A former Olympic sharpshooter and an avid fan of manga comics, he has stressed energizing Japan...
...Porter family has graduated three children from Harvard. A fourth is currently an undergraduate at his father’s alma mater...
...speculate on what’s going on there,“ said Jay M. Harris, the dean of undergraduate education. “With economics you might think that there are people who are thinking about other careers, but who knows.” The class with the fourth highest enrollment, Economics 1010a: “Microeconomic Theory,” also saw a fall of 30 students. Though large classes can be criticized for their impersonal feel, Michael J. Sandel, the government professor who has taught “Justice” for years, pointed to the merits...
...back to within one point of the women’s squad, 24-23. Soon after, though, a McKinley kill thwarted hopes of a sweep, winning the set for the Crimson 25-23.Despite coming out strong after its game-three victory, Harvard could not keep up the pace throughout the fourth set, losing 25-15.The Rockets put up five straight points to kick off a scoring run that would place them 10 above the Crimson at 23-13. Harvard, attempting another comeback, scored two straight, but an Ingersoll service error transferred possession to Toledo player Lori Ruth. Ruth then served a game...
...Cambridge residents stranded and one well known business closed until further notice. Shortly after 9:00 p.m. last night, a fire broke out in a Cambridge apartment complex on Harvard Street near Pennypacker Hall. According to Deputy Fire Chief Francis E. Murphy III, the fire was confined to a fourth floor condominium belonging to an elderly woman. Firefighters were able rescue the woman, who Murphy said probably suffered burns and smoke inhalation. Murphy said that the blaze was a two-alarm fire and that the cause of the incident is still unknown. Firefighters shattered the windows on the top floor...