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Professor of Economics Claudia D. Goldin said she filled in for Fogel when he first arrived at Harvard in 1975 because he "actually spent his first year at Oxford...
...vendor, who identified himself only as Isaac, sells falafel and other Middle Eastern food on Oxford St. outside the Science Center...
Karen Armstrong, 48, who wrote A History of God, has impressively wide scholarship and strong ecumenical credentials. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun, part of the time studying literature at St. Anne's College, Oxford. It was there that she began to question the teachings of the church and decided, after considerable agony, to leave her order. She lives alone in north London and teaches at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism. Armstrong has written 10 books, including an account of her convent years, Through the Narrow Gate, and a well-regarded biography...
Over the board, Short does not display the sort of crass aggressiveness with which Kasparov intimidates his opponents. He is cool and controlled, though under pressure he may fidget like an Oxford don struggling for the right translation of an Ovid couplet. But behind this outer tranquillity, he plots his opponent's destruction. After all, this is a man who once described chess as mental boxing...
Czar of all policy dealing with former U.S.S.R./director of White House intern program; Oxford-era F.O.B.S, and she decides future of ambitious policy wonks...