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Certainly ex-Dean Lewis’ concerns about safety have some validity; I am not quite hedonist enough to want sacrifice safety in favor of atmosphere. I do think, though, that the ban on fires is an overreaction, and I know that the emptied fireplaces suggest an unfortunate metaphor. Last...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Lewis and The Flues | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

The Dalai Lama began by joking that he would pray for students’ academic success.

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dalai Lama Delights Crowd | 9/16/2003 | See Source »

Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church Peter J. Gomes introduced the Dalai Lama, joking that even at a place as old as Harvard, the Dalai Lama was “an even more ancient institution.”

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dalai Lama Delights Crowd | 9/16/2003 | See Source »

"It was a long struggle," says Bob Wright, 60, CEO of NBC and the man who would run NBC Universal. A day after the announcement, the GE executive relaxed in a corner office at NBC's Burbank, Calif., studios. Wright had spent the day in shirtsleeves, greeting Universal executives at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will This Bird Fly? | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

He did it, all right. A few moments into the show's afternoon taping, Schwarzenegger declared to a squealing studio audience, "I am going to run for Governor of the state of California." It took Gorton until after the commercial break to figure out that Schwarzenegger wasn't joking; the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All That's Missing Is the Popcorn | 8/18/2003 | See Source »

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