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Pilbeam declined to comment for this story, writing in an e-mailed statement that “when there’s something for us to say, you’ll hear.” Assistant Dean of Harvard College Paul J. McLoughlin II, who oversees the transfer of College funds to the UC, according to Milder, could not be reached for comment...
...Paul Brady—a student at the Law School who attended the rally—said he co-founded the HLS Burma Campaign, a student group, this week to bring greater attention to the violence in Myanmar. “We’re law students, so if we don’t take notice when people are fighting for their rights, then who will...
...certain degree of urgency may have come to attend Teresa's miracle count. Normally the process of recognizing a saint takes decades or even centuries. But after Mother Teresa's death, Pope John Paul II waived a traditional five-year waiting period, initiating what some have called a "fast-track" canonization process. The first major step, the establishment of her "heroic virtue," proceeded quickly. However, verifiable reports of posthumous miracles have apparently been scarce. Teresa was beatified after the first one in 2003. But on Sep. 5 Teresa's successor, Sister Nirmala, told Agence France Presse that "We are waiting...
...writing himself out of power - and later, in 1981, by courageously appearing on the floor of Congress to disavow an attempted military coup. "Juan Carlos played such a sterling role during the Transition [to democracy] that it basically shelved questions about the nature of the new political regime," says Paul Preston, professor of Spanish history at the London School of Economics and author of a biography of the King. Since then, the royal family has dedicated itself largely to charity drives, hospital inaugurations, and promoting Spanish interests abroad...
...swaggered into the genteel world of antiquities like a new sheriff in town. And for many of the world's top museums, which have long trotted out treasures with dubious origins, his message is simple: this cocktail party is over. Just ask the highbrow crowd at the J. Paul Getty museum, which was finally forced to sign a deal with Rutelli last week to return 40 artifacts that were illegally taken from Italian soil. "This is a fresh start for Getty," Rutelli told TIME. "They are aware that an era is over...