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...Many would say (and I wouldn't disagree) that the real star on stage is Fisher, who at 51 still has the brisk, charming air of every coed's favorite professor. He gets the first applause, as he strides to the podium to lead the musicians in the show's overture, and the last cheers after the performers' curtain calls, as the orchestra plays a few final airs - the capper to a beautiful evening. Fisher is the one who has worked with the arrangers to locate the score (or to reimagine what it might have been), who has rehearsed...
This afternoon, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan will address the Harvard community as part of the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Moments after receiving an honorary degree from the University, Annan will step up to a podium that affords him international attention—a stage from which General George C. Marshall famously announced his plan for the reconstruction of Europe 57 years ago; a stage to which hundreds of Harvard alumni, leaders in society, industry and arts will be turned; a stage on which Annan will be silent...
That Wriede-Morawski injected spunk, combined with the talent infused through four high-quality recruiting classes, left the Crimson just short of its goal—and Wriede-Morawski from a return to the podium...
...might be leading Taiwan to disaster. First elected in 2000 on a platform of self-determination for Taiwan, the 53-year-old Chen is a pugnacious former lawyer who doesn't hesitate to play the independence card to boost his political career. But as he stepped up to the podium last Thursday, say U.S. officials, the message from Beijing was that Chen was dangerously close to the red line. That he did not cross it, and indeed vowed not to change the status quo, was a victory for diplomacy and pragmatism-and the climax to weeks of frenzied lobbying...
After the performance, which was received with a standing ovation, University President Lawrence H. Summers headed to the podium to personally thank Ma and present him with the medal...