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...That’s where many of us draw the line—especially Harvard football fans. When we hear those words, whether we are casual or die-hard, our tongues are quickly mobilized as we fire off standout surnames. Ten years ago, it was Birk. Five years ago, Fitzpatrick. Then the illustrious Dawson. Football stars who made it from the Crimson’s biggest stage to the Sunday night lights of the National Football League...
...We’re very proud of Desmond,” said Harvard football coach Tim Murphy. “[He] came to Harvard as a lean, raw football player with tremendous physical ability and potential. But through hard work and perseverance, he’s still improving, and he’s proved he can play at the highest level...
...student of economics, I always wonder about the mechanics of the technological process,” said Gerardo A. Flores ’11, who worked as a programmer in a developing country this summer. “It’s awesome to have people who have thought hard about these issues in one room, and see how it plays out.” Although the panelists doubted some facets of the technological explosion, all expressed some hope that technology could act as a catalyst for advancement in the developing world...
...High-end residential real estate around the world has been hit hard by the recession. Prices for luxury flats in London are still a fifth lower than they were in March 2008. But confidence in Hong Kong's luxury market, driven by surprisingly strong economic growth in China, is recovering quickly. Just last week a penthouse apartment located in a new tower built not far from the Cullinan in Hong Kong's Kowloon district sold for $3.16 million. That may not sound like much for an upscale address, but the apartment has just 590 sq. ft. of useable space - meaning...
...energy efficiency, Hu said, will come a reduction in China's carbon intensity, the amount of CO2 it emits for every unit of GDP. This, too, is plausible, since enhanced energy efficiency tends to reduce carbon emissions at the same time. But the world was looking for targets - hard numbers - and all Hu would say was that China would cut, by a "notable margin," its emissions per unit of output by the year 2020. Out of such caution - standard in a country that does not want to do anything to hamstring its economic growth - it's unlikely that historic agreements...