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...That law clearly hasn’t worried the present administration. Four-fifths of America’s current ambassadors to European Union nations gave donations to Republican campaigns in the last election cycle. Latvia has the honor of hosting a former Bush ‘super ranger’—someone who raised more than $300,000 for the 2004 campaign. In all, Bush’s first 35 political appointees to the diplomatic corps gave an average of $141,110 to GOP campaigns between...
...preserve its current momentum for Friday’s game against Cornell. Harvard not only looks forward to ending the season with a winning record in Ivy League play, but the game, being the final regular season matchup, takes on more significance. “We want to honor our seniors,” Nelson said. “And we want to send a message that we’re ready for next year...
...have that gap. [BC] means a lot more than a lot of other teams on our schedule because New England’s so important to us.” Staked to an early lead, ace Shawn Haviland, on the heels of another Ivy Pitcher of the Week honor, could not cage the high-flying Eagles. After retiring the side in order in the first, Haviland ran into trouble in the second, surrendering four runs on three hard hits. The tail end of the lineup did most of the damage. Number eight hitter Ryne Reynoso drove in the tying...
...used the school to help her accomplish quite a different goal—winning the title of Miss Rhode Island. Currently the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resource Efficiency Program coordinator of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Rogers said that her experience at Harvard helped her snag the pageant honor on April 22. Rogers credited the academic rigor at Harvard for helping her face the interview portion of the contest, during which a panel grilled her on everything from her platform to facts about her state. “Talking with so many people—both as an undergrad...
...renovated since 2000. Other cities are also being transformed. In the seaside town of Quanzhou in Fujian province, where Nestorian Christians and Manicheans practiced their faiths during the Silk Road's heyday, one of the city's oldest clans, the Wangs, built a shrine in the 11th century to honor their family. But the sanctuary was converted into a stable during the Cultural Revolution. Today, it has been rebuilt with more than $100,000 in donations from a vast diaspora of Wangs all over the world, who want a place to venerate their ancestors. "My parents worshipped Chairman Mao," says...