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DIED. Patricia Kennedy Lawford, 82, elegant member of the Kennedy political clan whose 1954 marriage to British actor Peter Lawford wedded her family to Hollywood; in New York City. Said to be the prettiest Kennedy sister, she was also the most independent--though her parents thought she lacked ambition. She worked in TV, wed the Rat Packer and settled into a California beach house later dubbed White House West because of J.F.K.'s regular visits. After moving back east--and divorcing Lawford in 1966--the mother of four published That Shining Hour, reminiscences of R.F.K., and later founded the National...
...think they're so cute," says Michelle Staedler, the Monterey Aquarium's sea otter research coordinator, "but then you look, and they're a big ball of fluff." [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy or pdf.] Hunted Nearly To Extinction Russia's Peter the Great declared a monopoly on sable in 1697 and sent hunters to find sea routes to America.When Vitus Bering's expedition was shipwrecked in 1741, his crew killed sea otters instead. They returned with 900 luxuriant pelts, setting off the Great Hunt. When the otters were depleted, Russia sold Alaska to the?...
...taught by Pellegrino University Professor Peter L. Galison ’77 and Smith Jr. Professor of Law Martha L. Minow, the class is conducted as a commission—the first of its kind at Harvard...
...different men headed the University’s investment arm during fiscal year 2006. Longtime chief Jack R. Meyer left his post in September 2005, moving with over 30 of his employees to start-up hedge fund Convexity Capital Management and handing the reins at HMC to interim CEO Peter A. Nadosy ’68. El-Erian took over in February. Since that time, HMC has brought on board five senior executives in international fixed income, domestic fixed income, foreign exchange, external management, and compliance. As HMC rebuilds its ranks, each senior hire is currently filling out a team...
...also provided logistical funding for Harvard LIVE! through the Peter Ivers Visiting Arts Fund. The fund was established in 1983 by the family of Peter S. Ivers ’68, a New Wave musician who was bludgeoned to death by an intruder in his Los Angeles apartment...