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...opening of Langdell is a blessing to returning Law school students who spent last academic year studying in the modified Pound Hall, students said...
...This is pretty slick," said Donna L. Scheidt, a third-year law student. "Pound was awful because the lights were dim and it was too crowded...
...Crocker Award, according to the 1997 media guide, " is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who...possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker...In recent years, it's had a 'Most Valuable Player' connotation. " Crocker, a 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team, was killed while serving on a destroyer...
George Soros got the first part right. As a detached and mysterious currency speculator, he made billions by moving markets in a manner that made him a whipping boy for besieged bankers and ministers. In one famous week in 1992, he made $1 billion betting against the British pound, earning him the grudging title of the Man Who Broke the Bank of England. This summer Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accused him of being a criminal. He said Soros the speculator had attacked Southeast Asian currencies to punish their governments for admitting the Burmese military regime--which Soros the humanitarian...
...remark by the president of the German Bundesbank about possible instability among European currencies encouraged Soros to start the attack. First he short-sold the Italian lira, which tumbled. Emboldened, he took on sterling, sending the immense power of his funds, billions of dollars' worth, against the British pound. He shorted, betting that the pound would not be able to hold its value against other currencies traded within the Exchange Rate Mechanism, which seeks to fix the value of European currencies in preparation for a common Eurocurrency...