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Since he seized power last december, Fijian military leader Frank Bainimarama has regularly accused opponents of trying to destabilize his regime. Last week he went further. Police arrested 16 men, including New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan, a Fijian high chief, and the country's former intelligence chief, over an alleged plot to assassinate Bainimarama, Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, and two senior military officers...
...Frank O. Gehry, the renowned architect and Design School graduate, is the subject of a negligence suit brought by MIT for alleged flaws in his design of the Stata Center, the 720,000-square-foot academic complex that anchors the campus. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Frank O. Gehry graduated from the Design School in 1957 and was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts in 2000 by the University. His architectural masterpieces include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles...
...news article "MIT Sues Architect Gehry Over Faulty Building" incorrectly stated that architect Frank O. Gehry graduated from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Gehry attended the school but he did not graduate from it. In addition, a photo caption accompanying the story incorrectly stated that MIT officials estimate that it will cost $1.5 million to fix the problems. In fact, the damages MIT is seeking have not been disclosed...
...quote Democratic Congressman Barney Frank ’61 (Massachusetts), speaking courageously some weeks ago on a related matter, “idealism that is empowered by pragmatism is the way in which we make progress.” We are part of American society and ROTC is sui generis, an exception to our rules about student activities...