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University administrators had previously hoped to avoid making Allston a major part of their current campaign, which entered a “quiet phase” at the start of 2004. The campaign’s public launch was already pushed back in the wake of faculty uproar over University President Lawrence H. Summers...
...Harvard sailing team doesn’t launch sloops from its boathouse on the Lower Basin of the Charles, but that didn’t stop them from qualifying for the national championships, as they finished second in the New England qualifiers this weekend...
...solid rocket boosters and up to six of its liquid fuel main engines. This would be used to put an unmanned lunar lander and a small upper stage rocket into Earth orbit. A smaller booster, made of a single solid rocket and a single liquid-fueled engine, would then launch the four-person crew in the command module. The astronauts would dock with the lunar lander, light the upper-stage engine, and head out to the moon. Once there, all four of them would be able to descend to the surface, leaving the command module to fly robotically above-unlike...
...their way in. There's a 26% cap on overseas ownership of newspapers and TV news channels. The recent changes aren't enough, say some of the key players who had hoped for an opening. Last year, for example, the Wall Street Journal announced with fanfare that it would launch an Indian edition with a local partner. The publication has yet to hit the newsstands. "We certainly hope to publish in India," says Suman Dubey, chief representative in India for the WSJ's owner Dow Jones & Co, "but only if our product can be attractive to Indian readers and economically...
...Also this week, as John Roberts heads toward confirmation as chief justice, the president plans to launch consultations with senators over his second pick for the high court, this one for the seat of Justice Sandra Day O?Connor. Republican officials familiar with White House plans said Bush plans to move swiftly and that he will name a conservative ? ?more in the mold of Roberts than O?Connor,? as one official put it.? The Senate Judiciary Committee plans a confirmation vote on Roberts this week. The nomination is to go to the Senate floor. Aides from both parties predicted...