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...unfounded and self-gratifying to view Obama solely as the product of his years in Cambridge, Harvard does have a record of success as an executive incubator. It is difficult to tell, however, to what degree the Harvard diploma opens the door to the nation’s highest office.THE ADAMS INTELLECTUALSHarvard’s history in the West Wing began with John Adams, the second president of the U.S. Though Adams, class of 1755, was one of the most studious future presidents during his time at the College, he graduated 14th out of a class...
Following decades of debate over the nation's wartime history, France's highest judicial body has formally ruled that the French state bears moral and legal responsibility for the deportation of nearly 76,000 Jews during the nation's WWII occupation. In doing so, the court officially recognized the willful participation of France's collaborationist Vichy government in anti-Semitic persecution that had long been attributed to Nazi occupying powers...
...Manhattan headquarters. The skyscraper will have floor-to-ceiling insulating glass walls, automatic light dimming, water recycling, air filtration and on-site power generation. Those green features have helped make the BoA Tower the first skyscraper to win a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating, the highest possible such award. They also helped ensure that the tower won't be cheap - the project is estimated to cost about $1 billion. (Read "Building Materials: Cementing the Future...
...school gym, locker rooms and nursing homes have made for grabby headlines in recent years. But the truth is that such life-threatening infections with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, are still largely confined to certain hospital settings, rather than the community at large. And even in the highest-risk health-care environments, according to a new report, the threat of MRSA infection is diminishing...
...Harvard Alumni Association released a list Thursday of 10 candidates gunning for a seat on Harvard’s Board of Overseers—the University’s second highest governing body...