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Liza Minnelli wasn't the only reason Rosie O'Donnell's NBC variety special flopped a couple of weeks back, but she sure didn't help. Waddling out onstage as the show's big-name guest star, accompanied by fervent cheerleading from the "surprised" host, she looked plump, shaky and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liza Minnelli Onstage: Resistance Is Futile | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

He added that he thinks the plan—which would mean renting out the Cambridge Center for Adult Education—will work, and pointed out that Flores belongs to another selective society, the Seneca.

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Apathy Marks UC Town Hall Meeting | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

On December 2, 2008, Harvard President Drew G. Faust sent a letter informing the Harvard community of a 22 percent loss in the endowment. This $8 billion blow comes on the heels of much criticism about Harvard’s spending policies. In light of the recent financial crisis and...

Author: By Claire G. Bulger, Courtney A. Fiske, and Molly M. Strauss | Title: FOCUS: Harvard's Endowment | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

The economist Brad DeLong pointed out last May how, on a public budget, the University of California system expanded from teaching 5,000 undergraduates a year in 1960 to 40,000 a year today. During the same time, Harvard grew from 1,200 to 1,600 a year, despite accumulating...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Taxes and Duties of the Private University | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

The first signs of unrest came just hours after the killing of Andreas-Alexandros Grigoropoulos. Police say Grigoropoulos was among a gang of youths who attacked them while on patrol, though the exact circumstances of the incident remain unclear. The 37-year-old officer who shot Grigoropoulos says he fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Greece Is Wracked By Riots | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

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