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...film is presented as a compendium of eight of Larson??s tapes found by soldiers on the Pakistani border shortly after a battle with al Qaeda. The videos contain footage of Larson, his Afghan-American interpreter Wali Zarif (Wali Razaqi), and their cameraman Sonny (Sunil Sadarangani) on their way from Kabul to the Pakistani border in the search for bin Laden...
Johnston, seemingly aware of the criticism, claims that Larson??s personality was deliberately created to provoke. Johnston and Van Gregg were influenced by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Michael Herr’s Dispatches, and the pseudo-documentary recreation of the French war in Algeria, The Battle of Algiers, and they do not consider their protagonist a hero, even though some of his opinions and emotions coincide with theirs. Rather, Larson??s preoccupation with the attacks on the U.S., his superficial knowledge of Afghanistan and his frequently cavalier attitude towards collateral damage...
Sowood Capital Management, Larson??s $2-billion hedge fund, will receive an initial investment of $500 million from HMC. Harvard will also invest $200 million in an exclusive commodities fund operated by Larson. All told, the spin-off will place around an additional 3 percent of the University endowment in the hands of an external manager in a trend which shows no signs of abating...
...writing in response to Lia C. Larson??s column on March 26, 2004 (“Division in the Details”). While the overall aim of most women’s groups at Harvard is to improve the experience of women, each organization approaches this objective from a different angle. And while it is important, as Larson states, to “unify voice,” it is also important to recognize that some groups are better suited to effectively approach women’s issues within certain arenas. For example, Women and Science...
Harvard will also invest $200 million in an exclusive commodities fund that is managed by Larson??s new company, Sowood Capital Management...