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...their natural habitats, from Davos and Bilderberg to the Bohemian Grove. "That such a group exists is indisputable," says Rothkopf, who includes such power brokers as heads of state, CEOs of the world's largest companies, billionaire entrepreneurs and even a handful of terrorist leaders. Is there a master list? Yep, but the author is a tease. "The day after it was published, it would be obsolete." No fair...
...Despite the disadvantages, most at Yale are excited by the prospect of a newly revamped home. “Students recognize that their college needs to be renovated,” says Jonathan Holloway, master of Yale’s Calhoun. “They’re very excited, but they wish it wouldn’t happen on their watch. No one’s really opposed...
...friends and family of longtime Classics professor Zeph Stewart gathered Friday to pay their respects to the former Lowell House Master, filling Memorial Church with Harvard alumni, Classics Department affiliates, and Lowell notables. Stewart, who passed away on December 1 at the age of 86, was praised for his 12 years of service as a house master, his five-year term as chair of the Classics Department, and his central role in reviving Harvard University Press’s Classical Library, which publishes English translations of Greek and Latin texts. But Stewart’s record of humility and caring...
...drama, also sought to express the elusiveness of his writing. The play revolves around six historical characters, all related to Chekhov’s life, that have made a journey to a strange garden. Realizing that it is Chekhov’s garden, they wait for the legendary master to arrive. The six characters—who include Maxim Gorky, Chekhov’s celebrated contemporary, and Vera Komissarzhevskaya, the most famous Russian actress of Chekhov’s time—want Chekhov to answer questions about their journey to the garden, but he never arrives...
Bout was both a product of the post-Cold War era and a master of its chaos. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the industrious 25-year-old saw an opportunity to turn dozens of military cargo planes that were sitting unused on military runways into a multimillion-dollar transport business...