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...This “Night” differed from the first by incorporating tours of the Busch-Reisinger Museum for Germanic Art from Northern and Central Europe, in addition to student-led tours of the Fogg. The event also provided students with a sneak peak at the Busch-Reisinger’s new exhibition “Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus,” which opened last Saturday...
...going to go pro and stick to the plan. That was my plan all along. Since I was 10 or 12.”Her disappointment is not surprising. Women’s tennis is an incredibly young sport with fresh players arriving each season. Many young women peak at 16 or 17, understanding that if you do not make it by the time you are 20, you do not have a chance.Perhaps Ko puts it best: “School, to tennis players, really sucks.”While her parents saw her education as a back-up plan...
...first time since 1972, when Iraq nationalized the oil industry. In theory, that could finally fix Iraq's shambolic oil sector, whose infrastructure has been crippled by decades of wars and sanctions. Production these days hovers around 2 million barrels a day, a big drop from Iraq's prewar peak of more than 3 million barrels...
...Wilsdorf, never one to shy from promotion, gave an Oyster to Mercedes Gleitze, who wore it to swim across the English Channel. The Oyster Perpetual broke the sound barrier with Chuck Yeager in 1947 and reached the peak of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953. Rolex is still considered the gold standard among watch collectors. After all, nothing says you've made it like a Rolex...
...deployment comes at a difficult time for British forces there. Troop levels are now at some 7,100 down from a peak of 18,000 in May 2003 and the Prime Minister has just announced a further reduction to 5,500 as part of the rotation that will see the Prince deploy to Iraq; but 2006 saw an increase in fatalities over the previous two years, military adventures in other theaters are stretching resources, and politicians back home continue to bicker over the scale and duration of Britain's commitment to the region. Such a high-profile figure could attract...