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...Neruda wanted a Nobel Prize so much that he reportedly wined and dined Swedish writers and academics at his seaside villa; he finally won one in 1971. Bob Dylan has been nominated six times, Jerry Lewis once. In 2004, the literature prize went to Austrian feminist Elfriede Jelinek, a move so controversial that one assembly member resigned in protest. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho shared a 1973 Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the Vietnam War. Tho rejected his award, saying there was no peace in his country. Kissinger's acceptance caused an uproar: apparently the former National...
...Treasury Department has said it will invest up to $335 billion of the $700 billion bailout fund in banks and other financial institutions. It is using the money to buy preferred shares in banks, a move it began in late October. So far, it has invested $165 billion in 88 institutions, according to Treasury's website. That does not include the $40 billion the government has promised to shore up ailing insurer AIG or an additional $20 billion in funding for Citigroup, which was approved in late November when the financial giant appeared to be near failure...
Worse, what's killing the elephants is often ills they would never encounter in the wild. Obesity, for one: cage any healthy animal, feed it well and forbid it to move around too much, and it's likely to get fat. Cardiovascular disease is commonly reported among elephants, which, as in humans, can be a direct result of too many calories and too little exercise. What's more, baby elephants born in captivity are noticeably chubbier from the start than those born in the wild. That may be a result of the mothers weighing too much, but whatever the reason...
Until we can inspire our nation to move with a united effort to mitigate climate change, Harvard must take the lead in building a sustainable future. University Hall can hang all the green banners it wants, but Harvard must take real financial and social action if it wants to be a true champion of the environmental cause...
...don’t have one—let’s be honest,” said Anthropology department chair Theodore C. Bestor, when asked if he had a clear idea of how to move forward with budgetary planning within his department. “If, at this point, we’re being given ranges and overalls with no specifics, how do you write a budget with clean numbers...