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...Federal Security Service (FSB), and specialized in infiltrating organized crime syndicates, which proliferated in the post-perestroika Russia. After serving a nine-month sentence for “abuse of power” in 1999, Litvinenko pulled off a spectacular escape from Russia that took him to the United Kingdom via Turkey. His renegade life had begun...
Enfolding physics into the formative tale, Spitz writes, “Thanks to a confluence of geography and the cosmos, Radio Luxembourg...had a signal that by some miracle could sprint its semidirect way to the United Kingdom.” Three of the four future Beatles simultaneously listened by night to that station’s brand of American rhythm-and-blues, stricken from conservative British-owned radio stations...
...arriving in Ho Chi Minh City 32 hours later. Stopping off in Nha Trang, Da Nang and Hué on your way are all options, but securing onward bookings can be difficult. Visit www.vr.com.vn for details. BEIJING-LHASA: One of the literal highs of a journey to the Middle Kingdom is the new Qinghai-Tibet railway, making it possible to go from the Chinese capital through to Lhasa. In places, like the Danggula Mountain pass (elevation: 5,072 m), you'll be traveling at altitudes used by commuter jets. If that leaves you breathless, don't worry - compartments are oxygenated...
...Campbell said that while Oxford and Cambridge have become more serious in their pursuit of alumni support, there is not as strong of a “culture of philanthropy” in the United Kingdom compared to that surrounding American universities. Ten percent of Cambridge and five percent of Oxford graduates donate to their alma mater, according to Bloomberg, compared with 40 percent for Harvard in fiscal year...
Emily K. Vasiliauskas ’07 is the latest Harvard senior to receive a prestigious award to study in the United Kingdom. As one of 43 students nationwide to win a Marshall Scholarship, she will join six Harvard Rhodes Scholars in the UK next fall. A literature concentrator in Lowell House, Vasiliauskas will study Criticism and Culture in the Faculty of English at Cambridge University. Lyric poetry has been a focus of her time at Harvard, and she used her personal statement in her application to elaborate on the “value of poetry...