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...rumors of Drew Gilpin Faust’s selection as University president circulated yesterday, reporters attempting to confirm the story encountered unreturned phone calls, repeated “no comments,” and closed doors. The staff at the Radcliffe Institute, where Faust is currently dean, remained mum, though four staff members were seen milling in front of Faust’s office shortly before the workday ended. Standing in a group, rather than working at their desks, their demeanor suggested that something had happened during the day, but all refused to comment. Radcliffe’s official spokeswoman...
...listen to music and imagine bodies flying through space." For how much longer at ADT, one can only surmise. Stewart was recently mentioned as a possible successor to Graeme Murphy at the Sydney Dance Company, but with ADT commitments taking him well into 2008, he is so far keeping mum. "I had a journalist ring me up and say, 'I've heard you've got the SDC job,' " he recalls. "I said, 'I must check my e-mail; I haven't heard about that.'" More certain is that his next work for ADT will hit the spot. To be called...
...China's arrival as a world power," Campbell says. The test, while sending a clear signal to Taiwan about China's capabilities, may also embolden American neoconservatives who want the U.S. to aggressively challenge China's military and economic ascendancy. China itself has remained notably circumspect: after keeping mum for nearly two weeks, a foreign ministry spokesman finally confirmed the test on Jan. 23 - although he insisted that the government remains opposed to an arms race in space. Those disinclined to trust China's protestations might cite "Space War," a 2001 book by Chinese colonel and miltiary academic...
...they trickled out of Loeb House yesterday, committee members remained mum on the search’s status and strode past reporters into waiting Lincoln Town Cars...
...Cech has remained mum about his ambitions...