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Silvio Berlusconi has never been one to act his age. Since being elected Italy's Prime Minister in 2001, he has called a German critic "perfect for the part" of a Nazi prison guard, reminisced after a speech to the U.S. Congress about seeing a Playboy calendar in high school and even held up two fingers behind the head of the Spanish Foreign Minister during a photo op. There's also the plastic surgery and hair replacement the 69-year-old billionaire has undergone to help mask the physical toll of his job--which he may well lose when Italians...
...decided to specialize in poetry,” she said.When Ifeanyi A. Menkiti, a professor at Wellesley College, offered to buy the store from Solano, she was thrilled to have someone carry on the store’s legacy.“I thought it was the most perfect match,” she said. “He is probably the one person I know who can carry it effectively.”During the past year, Solano realized that she could not go on as the single owner and manager of the store. Because of her fragile health...
Despite yielding two runs in 1 2/3 innings, Harvard junior reliever Jason Brown emerged with the win. Continuing his recent run of hot pitching, sophomore Brad Unger pitched 3 1/3 perfect innings, putting the Cornell bats...
...lacrosse team saw its first Ivy League action of the season on Saturday. In its fifth road game of the season, the Crimson faced off against Yale in New Haven. With an 11-8 victory, Harvard ended an 11-game losing streak to the Bulldogs and capped off a perfect road trip. Entering the game, the players knew of the intense enmity between the two camps. The Crimson (3-5, 1-0 Ivy League) had not won against Yale (5-5, 1-2 Ivy League) since 1994. “Our coach had reminded us about the history...
...thought it was the most perfect match,” she said. “He is probably the one person I know who can carry it effectively...