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...month after the French went to the polls in near-record numbers to vote in the most impassioned Presidential campaign in recent history, they now seem to be sleep-walking toward legislative elections whose outcome many consider a foregone conclusion. President Nicolas Sarkozy has deftly built on the momentum of his victory in that election, and now looks set to win one of the most commanding parliamentary majorities ever. Still, the conservatives are taking no chances, waging a surprisingly aggressive campaign that contrasts sharply with the laid-back voter attitudes ahead of Saturday's vote...
...deciding whether President-elect Drew G. Faust would continue to write and file an annual report. In his report, which was addressed to the alumni Board of Overseers, Bok reflects on the major projects of his year, citing in particular the completion of the curricular review, the continued momentum on Harvard’s expansion into Allston, and the establishment of the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee, which is charged with encouraging interdisciplinary scientific research. Bok’s assessment captures a university in transition. He writes that the curricular review’s recommendations “represent...
...black student groups involved in the Quad incident, the momentum created by “I am Harvard” led to meetings with Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and Harvard Chief of Police Francis D. “Bud” Riley...
...Provost Steven E. Hyman, who will serve as Faust’s right-hand man for at least the next year, has said that in particular, the momentum of the 20-year-old Allston project is independent of any individual leaders...
...It’s one-stop shopping—it’s a place where they were having all these conversations about science and policy, bringing these resources under one umbrella,” Reeve says. “We have created a momentum, and we will continue to capitalize upon...