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...ultimately failed, but only because of a technicality: the state’s Supreme Judicial Court refused to let MIT sell its Back Bay land to fund the merger...
Tommy, take us to the Promised Land.Blame it on my Jewish impulses—that the tribe is speaking through me—but when I think about Harvard basketball under Coach Amaker, I see it. That blessed land of milk, honey, and Southwest Regionals: the NCAA Tournament.I’m not going to call it a buzz around campus—ask 10 Harvard students who Tommy Amaker is, and see if three could give you the right answer. But call it a faint murmur, echoing from a small desk looking out over Lavietes Pavilion.I sat with...
...season hotter." When animals migrate to the Masai Mara every spring, it allows the vegetation they leave behind in the Serengeti to regrow, ready for them to come back in the fall. No rain means no new vegetation to return to. The animals stay put and the land can't cope: The grass stops growing, the animals die. And if it rains too much, "the water, which should be a source of rejuvenation, instead becomes a force of destruction," says Teferi...
...York City), Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck in Berkshire, England), Ferran Adria (El Bulli, outside Barcelona) and Tetsuya Wakuda (Tetsuya's in Sydney). And by coming to Chicago, they paid tribute to the city's transformation from a steak-and-potatoes no-man's land into a world-class "hot spot for haute cuisine," as Adria observed over the weekend...
...This, actually, is Harvard’s problem, not the focus on ancient Greek history or African history. Why, for example, do all the Ph.D.’s come from liberal arts bastions like Reed College and Swarthmore, while the best and richest university in all the land is a mere feeder school, to use a familiar term, for the i-banks? In a recent Crimson poll of seniors, precisely 50% were bound for the financial or consulting sectors. That doesn’t even include those going to law school or medical school. Obviously, I am not suggesting...