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...Chavez has also taken to attacking senior Catholic prelates lately. The Associated Press on Tuesday cited an item on state-run news agency website quoting Venezuela's President assailing Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, who had been critical of Chavez recently. "Another parrot of imperialism appeared, this time dressed as a cardinal. That's to say, another imperialist clown," Chavez reportedly said...
...economics, the ostensible subject of the summit, Treasury Secretary James Baker remarked, "I can't think of any major item . . . that we came here wanting that we did not get." True, but only because the U.S. knew better than to press the other six for any strong action. Washington had hoped that Japan and West Germany would move to stimulate their domestic economies to ward off a growing threat of world recession and, not incidentally, reduce their towering trade surpluses, which are the counterpart of the U.S. deficit. Japan did announce a stimulative package before the summit, but Britain...
...admissions season wasn’t the only calendar item under reconsideration...
...HUPD responded to a report of vandalism on the John Harvard Statue. Upon arrival, they noted that the statue was covered in shaving cream.May 25: 2:14 p.m.: Officers observed an individual exit Au Bon Pain, followed by two individuals who claimed he had left without paying for an item. The situation was settled with the manager, and the person was run for outstanding warrants with positive result and placed under arrest. Nahom Getaneh, 17, of Boston, was placed under arrest.May 28:12:21 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to the Harvard Lampoon—a semi-secret Sorrento Square social...
...Angeles will test a service in June that allows guests to place an order for food, drinks, late checkout or anything else via touch-screen technology on pool furniture. Once the order is placed, it is wirelessly transmitted to the desired destination and someone delivers the requested item right to the guest. "Having something take no effort at all is becoming the ultimate amenity to luxury travelers," Starwood's Klein says...