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Reed was the victim of mistaken identity. The killer's real target had been her sister, Alison Ponting, a producer at the BBC World Service. Alison was married to a chubby Armenian charmer, Gacic Ter-Oganisyan, whom she had met while studying Russian at university. But the marriage triggered a chain of improbable events which eight years later unleashed the whirlwind of death, imperialism, civil war, oil, gangsterism and nationalist struggle that is otherwise known as the North Caucasus upon sleepy Woking...
...interlude between dinner and dessert, Richard Levenson ’74 spoke about his late father, a 1941 Harvard graduate and a professor of Chinese history at Berkeley for whom the award is named. Other members of the Levenson family also attended the banquet. Though he never met Levenson, Puett said he worked with many people who knew his fellow Chinese history scholar well, and he said he thinks of Levenson as his teacher by association. “I certainly would hope to consider myself part of that legacy,” Puett said. —Staff writer...
...just met with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein. What is your understanding of the continuing detention of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi? When I met [Burma's leaders], they are normal people. The [Burmese] military explains that they will release her if she [agrees to] stay away from politics. They hate each other. Right or not, I cannot [say.] If world [leaders] want me to talk to the Burmese and ask them to release Aung San Suu Kyi, I will do it. But as Prime Minister of Thailand, I cannot mention that [I want her released.] Because the [Thai...
When a New York Times reading, latte-sipping, Prius-driving, Harvard liberal met a Bud Light-drinking, SUV-driving, Bible-thumping conservative at a restaurant almost three years ago, it goes without saying that they hardly expected instant chemistry...
...only time the teams have met this year was back on March 30 in New Jersey in Harvard’s Ivy season opener. The Tigers swept the double header, beating the Crimson by one run-5-4 and 3-2, in back-to-back games. In that series Harvard was crippled by its inability to get timely hits, if the Crimson is going to defend its title that is something it will have to change this weekend...