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Hunt said that his 46-year long Harvard career has made for some memorable moments. His position has brought him in contact with the likes of Vaclav Havel, Jiang Zemin, Yasser Arafat, as well as Mandela and Kohl...
...course, no survey can gauge the true depth of soul-searching, which, for many, doesn't involve setting foot in a church. Take Prague teacher Vladimir Havel, a Catholic who goes to Mass "maybe once a year." Since Sept. 11, "I have prayed every night," he says, drawing strength from the Paternoster's words and the idea that somewhere, someone is in control: "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven...
...Heche says comic was the best lover she ever had. But then she also claimed to have spoken with God in a secret language GEORGE SPEIGHT Fijian coup-maker campaigns from his prison cell and wins a seat in Parliament. Hey, that makes him kind of like Mandela and Havel! THE CONCORDE Supersonic planes get O.K. for return to service. Never mind what the global economic meltdown has done to CEOs' travel budgets Losers BRITNEY SPEARS Slammed by animal-rights activists for plans to bring cheetahs onstage, she totes a snake instead. Like, who knew reptiles were animals? KEIKO...
...remind Harvard of the value of variety in graduation speakers. Before Greenspan, Harvard’s graduates heard from U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, National Institutes of Health Director Harold Varmus, Czech president Vaclav Havel, and even Vice President Al Gore ’69. This mix of speakers reflects Harvard students’ wide-ranging interests, and we would encourage Harvard to return to its previous practice of selecting speakers from all walks of public life...
DIED. MILAN HLAVSA, 49, Czech rock star whose underground group, Plastic People of the Universe, rallied 1970s and '80s dissidents such as Vaclav Havel; of lung cancer; in Prague. Hlavsa named his band for Frank Zappa's song Plastic People. The 1976 arrests of band members inspired the formation of the human-rights group Charter 77 the following year...