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...green theater called the New Stage completes the trifecta of Bolshoi buildings on Teatralnaya Square. Eerily similar in appearance to the Old Mariinsky Theater building in St. Petersburg, home to the Bolshoi's longtime rival the Mariinsky (formerly the Kirov) Ballet, it has, since 2005, become the company's interim Moscow home. Ratmansky says the Old Theater, whose renovation is costing hundreds of millions of dollars, will reopen in fall 2008. In the meantime, he says, "we do tour quite a bit," including a recent trip through Siberia involving nearly 200 dancers, musicians, singers, technicians and designers...
...Boeing for the new space age--with Virgin placing orders for the first 12 ships. Branson is betting $250 million just to get Virgin Galactic started. Rutan plans to build at least 40 spaceships and expects to be run ragged by other clients. "I know this is an interim step," says Rutan, 63. "Fifteen years from now, every kid will know he can go to orbit in his lifetime...
...will help clarify how liberal-arts subjects like philosophy and art history shed light on the hurly-burly of more quotidian topics. "Students will be more motivated to learn if they see a connection with the kinds of problems, issues and questions they will encounter in later life," says interim president Derek Bok. Harvard isn't the only institution rethinking what and how to teach its students. Yale, Rutgers and the universities of Pennsylvania and Texas have recently made similar changes, and now that Harvard has joined the club, others are likely to follow...
...Over the past year, Hyman has shared some presidential duties with Interim President Derek C. Bok. Hyman has served on roughly half of the University’s committees reviewing candidates for tenure this year, and he has been more actively involved in fundraising than he was under former president Lawrence H. Summers...
Hyman’s increasing influence has culminated this year under Interim President Derek C. Bok, with the two sharing some of the presidential duties...