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...family of a prominent Ukrainian icon has donated to Harvard a collection of almost 900 maps thought to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the University announced this week. Bohdan Krawciw, who died in 1975, was an activist for Ukrainian independence, as well as a poet, translator, journalist, and to top it all off, a collector of maps of Ukraine. Marika L. Whaley, the publications manager at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), described the collection as “monumental.” “I don’t know how this guy had the spare...
...natural-born populist, Ahmadinejad cleverly expanded his support base after his election last year by turning Iran's quest to become a nuclear power into a nationalist cause. His outspoken defense of Palestinian rights, threat to wipe Israel off the map and questioning of the Jewish Holocaust have likewise made him a hero in much of the Muslim world. Coming at a time of dwindling American influence in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, Ahmadinejad's leadership is an emblem of a resurgent Iran that is assuming a role as a major regional power. Until now, his assertiveness has enabled...
Recent developments: After two unsuccessful proposals, last month Harvard offered Charlesview a 6.5-acre site further up Western Avenue currently occupied by the Brighton Mills Shopping Center (left circle on map). The Board found the offer suitable and has begun to pursue a swap. Some residents, however, remain unhappy and have protested the proposed move...
Where: The Charlesview Apartments consist of 213 low-income apartments on the corner of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue at the edge of the Harvard Business School campus (right circle on map...
...headlines, newscasts, and water-cooler talk everywhere. I don’t know of any “state” named Appalachia, and while Ohio isn’t exactly big-time in the grand scheme of things, at least it’s literally on the map. On the map, and in I-A football. Why? It’s simple.They’re better than us.So much better, in fact, that the NCAA itself was very much behind the delineation of Division I into I-A and I-AA when it first took place...