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...wasn’t the first time Johnny V had gone to the mat to protect Harvard’s athletes. It won’t be the last time, either. But it was then that I realized that JV had fooled me more than anyone because there are few people I admire more...
With the FAS curricular review, he can poke and prod, but ultimately a Faculty vote will usher in whatever change is to occur. Summers will have to go to the mat to wrestle out of wealthy donors the millions necessary to fund major new labs and cross-school collaborations, but the Faculty will need to be behind the initiatives for them to succeed. And while consultants, professional planners and administrators will design the ideal campus, the transition from blueprint to reality will require at least the grudging consent of the faculties that will call it home...
...Pilates exercises that you can do at home, as well as all manner of exercise gadgets you can buy, such as the Reebok wobble board or the Bosu half dome. The point is to find something that works for you. "Basically, all you really need is a mat and a floor," says Miriam Nelson, an exercise scientist at Tufts University and author of the Strong Women series. But if a class or gadget gets you motivated, then go for it. Your body--especially your back--will be glad...
...sink into the natural surroundings, no one will blame you. If you want to plunge into them, however, take the resort's boat to the uninhabited islands nearby for some of Malaysia's best diving and snorkeling. There is also a resident naturalist, former Malaysian special-forces soldier Captain Mat, who leads jungle and beach tours and prides himself on an encyclopedic knowledge of the region's flora and fauna. And from May to September, visitors can take a hotel van southward for an hour to see hawksbill turtles trundle on shore to lay their eggs. Thousands of massive leatherbacks...
...nice thank-you. On a tour to tell Eastern Europe "how much we appreciate them" for their support, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans last week gave Bulgaria a special treat: he announced that the U.S. now officially considers the country a "market economy." That will lay out a welcome mat to investors...