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...lineup—including at least one victory from three freshmen—sent a strong message that the team will be a force in the Ivy League in the spring. But if Harvard is to live up to its lofty hopes, it will have to maintain its highest level of play from the get-go, which it failed to do against Penn State, losing the doubles point in a sweep and leaving its singles players to climb out of a hole. “To a certain extent, we were sleep-walking through some of the matches...
...Statistics seem to bear out Timoney's assessment. Police officers killed in the line of duty surged to the highest midyear count in nearly three decades, in part due to a surge in fatal shootings, according to figures kept by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. As of September 18, the memorial fund showed shooting deaths up nearly 60% over last year, from 34 in 2006 to 54 this year (the worst year for such killings was 1975, when there were 99 deaths in the same period). Not only are officer shootings up, but the number of multiple deaths...
...attracted attention from big-name developers. Montenegro is also generating interest. And while Serbia and Bosnia are unlikely to attract foreign golfers--as neither share Croatia's tradition of tourism--both report a burgeoning domestic market. "We have very often quoted Croatia as one of the countries with the highest potential for development for golf tourism, and we expect significant development there," said Andrea Sartori, head of KPMG's Golf Advisory Services Team. "Serbia and Bosnia will have to look more at their domestic demand...
...admission to the latest art shows prove that the summer blockbuster phenomenon isn’t limited to the movie house. More people visited museums in England in 2005 than went to football matches, and according to the U.K. Department for Culture, Media, and Sport, museum attendance is consistently highest in July and August, rising nearly 25 percent higher than the preceding months. Summer tourism naturally accounts for part of the phenomenon, but local residents also have time off, and therefore the leisure to visit museums. The ones I visited this summer seemed well prepared to cater to this special...
Although Bill Gates, the richest member of this year’s Forbes 400, is Harvard College’s most famous dropout, 42 people on the elite list actually did complete a Harvard degree. Of all the universities in the U.S., Harvard currently has the highest number of alumni recognized by Forbes magazine’s annual compilation of the wealthiest men and women in the nation. Stanford ranks second with 30 alumni, and the University of Pennsylvania ranks third with 24. Harvard Business School is the most well-represented division of the university, with 28 graduates...