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...think that there are some residents who hold out hope that Harvard has a conscience,” he says. “My impression is that the Harvard Corporation is an entity that doesn’t have a conscience. It’s merely a giant body that is dedicated to its own perpetuation and growth...
...blow to the Russian prosecutor's office, an Athens appeals court took only a few minutes to reject Moscow's demand for the extradition of exiled Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky on fraud charges. Gusinsky fled Moscow in 2000 after being accused of embezzling state-controlled gas giant Gazprom of $250 million. He claimed the charges were politically motivated; the court declared the crimes unproven. It was the fourth rejected Russian extradition request within a year. Keeping It in the Family AZERBAIJAN One person died and dozens were injured in clashes between police and protesters in Baku following Ilham Aliyev...
...time for our political officials—city, state and federal—to put their money where their mouths are and do more to celebrate those who risk their lives for a living than buy them off with hollow praise. That, or let’s hope a giant speed trap staffed by the contract-less members of the NYPD awaits the buses of the Republican Party’s Antiquarian Road Show come convention-time next summer. Preferably somewhere in Harlem...
...scheduling of Guster follows a high-profile failed attempt in April 2002 to secure hip-hop giant Outkast for a concert in the Bright Hockey Center. The closest the HCC has come to bringing a big-name band to campus over the past several years was The Verve Pipe’s performance at Springfest...
...questioning in a widening political-finance scandal. (It was the allegations against Choi, who resigned in August, that prompted Roh's surprise plea on Friday for the people's trust.) Prosecutors suspect Choi collected $1 million from a political slush fund allegedly set up by the giant SK conglomerate. Choi, who has denied the charges, is a high school friend of Roh and is so close to the President that he is known as "the Butler...