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...powerful incumbent companies and forbiddingly high capital costs, requires a more patient investor. "There may be some VCs willing to finance a $100 million project plant, but most can't," says Howard Berke, a veteran tech entrepreneur and co-founder of the solar company Konarka. "It could mean a longer [wait] for returns than what early-stage venture capitalists are accustomed...
...fierce bulls . The animals range free in pastures until they are grown. Since bulls to be fought by beginners are supposed to be at least three years old, and those fought by full matadors at least four, “grown” means at least a full year longer in Spain than it does in the U.S. During the bullfight itself, which usually lasts about 15 minutes, the bull is lanced, barbed, and eventually stabbed between the shoulder blades. Usually the kills are quick and clean. The first one that I saw was not; the bull vomited blood...
...before committing Harvard to development projects, something critics of Summers say he failed to do.“We get a lot of e-mails about what’s happening now,” said Harvard sociology professor Orlando Patterson. “There’s no longer a sense that the decisions have been made and then you have a formal meeting.”Summers was traveling and could not be reached for comment.In January, Harvard unveiled its 50-year Allston master plan, which envisioned the relocation of the three Quad Houses, the School of Public...
...know, none of us lost anyone in last Wednesday’s violence. I say as far as I know because, after I e-mailed out the list of names Thursday morning, I only heard back from one person. No longer necessary, our little group disbanded again as quickly as it had come together. Nebraska didn’t even make the playoffs this year, so it looks like I’ll have to wait until August to see the group again. But for the time being, at least, Omaha...
After six months of shuttered windows, the Pfoho Grille will begin serving its signature chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, and sundaes again today. Some Pfohosers have grown restless over the renovation of the grille, which began in June but took almost two months longer than expected. “People started getting frustrated,” Stephen W. Piatelli ’10 said, adding that some Pforzheimer House residents have been resorting to Brain Break. “It’ll make a huge impact on how people get their late-night snacks,” he said. Yesterday...