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Roger W. Ferguson Jr. ’73, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has been selected as the president of the University’s Board of Overseers, Harvard’s second-highest governing body, for the 2008-2009 school year, school officials announced last week. Ferguson, who will serve as president in the final year of his six-year term as an overseer, will succeed Frances D. Fergusson ’66 after Commencement in June. William F. Lee ’72, the outgoing vice chair of the board’s executive committee...
Although the Crimson lost the match, Rapp had an extraordinary night in posting 28 total digs, a new match-best for the senior. With such an impressive number, it is no surprise that Rapp has one of the highest dig counts in the country. Yet, with a loss for Harvard, Rapp claimed no credit for his great performance...
...health care initiatives has left Cuba with an infant mortality rate lower than that of the United States. Cuba also boasts an average life expectancy comparable to that of the U.S., a real rarity in the Latin American world. Moreover, Castro’s Cuba reached one of the highest rates of literacy in the world as a result of its comprehensive public education network. (This is not to ignore the sad fact that Cubans are severely limited in what they are actually allowed to read.) While the lack of legitimate democratic institutions will remain an incredibly disappointing aspect...
...Violence”—he proclaimed: “You want to see the devil, take a look at Clarence Thomas.” Thomas, who now serves as the nation’s second-ever African American on the country’s highest court, has been billed as the quintessential black sellout in America because of his conservative (read: unfavorable) stance on affirmative action, his officiation of Rush Limbaugh’s wedding, and other acts deemed worthy of the label racial treason.But according to a new book by Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy, applying...
...early life abroad, an experience that informed her stories. Imperiled-but-wily female protagonists and the men they loved featured prominently in her work, but Whitney considered herself more mystery writer than romance novelist. She was named a grand master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1988, its highest honor...