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Much of historic Beijing is being flattened in the name of redevelopment, but not, mercifully, its oldest hotel. Located a dumpling's throw from the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, the extravagant, 90-year-old building formerly known as the Grand Hôtel de Pékin is now the Raffles Beijing, beijing.raffles.com. When Raffles Hotels & Resorts-owner of Singapore's famed Raffles Hotel-took over the management reins last year, it led a no-expense-spared effort to restore the sort of style the hotel enjoyed in the days when the likes of George Bernard Shaw...
...Staff writer Johannah S. Cornblatt can reached at jcornbl@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff Writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached at jacobs@fas.harvard.edu...
...gift shop, launched last week, allows members to send their friends an icon of anything from a box of cyber chocolates to a roll of toilet paper. The shop is the brainchild of recent Harvard alums and current Facebook employees, Jared S. Morgenstern ’03 and William P. Chen ’06, according to Facebook spokeswoman Brandee D. Barker. In February, every member’s first gift is free and each subsequent present costs a dollar. Net proceeds will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization that raises funds for breast cancer...
...revolutionary air.Goldin said, “All we know is there is the person named Jim Stock who like Paul Revere is riding around saying, ‘The Fogg is coming. The Fogg is coming.’” —Staff writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached at jacobs@fas.harvard.edu...
Naeve's Knaves (Caleb Peiffer): L. Pattman (DAR), M. McAndrew (BRN), D. Housman (HAR), A. Naeve (COR), S. Danley (PENN), P. Foley...