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...Kennedy School of Government until last spring, the public policy and administration changed its shorthand so that it includes the word “Harvard.” “The new shorthand reference...is serving to reinforce that we are part of the Harvard University family of premier graduate schools,” said Doug Gavel, a Kennedy School spokesman. The Global Language Monitor study was conducted from December 31, 2007 to September 14, 2008. Colleges and universities were separated according to the classification of the Carnegie Foundation. The study will continue to be updated quarterly and will...
...short his trip and return to the U.S. for surgery. While rehabbing at home, he re-established contact with Crowton, who had gotten a job as the offensive coordinator at LSU. After rehab and a tryout, Hatch became a scholarship quarterback at one of the nation’s premier football schools. When 2007 starter Matt Flynn graduated and presumed successor Ryan Perilloux was kicked off the team for disciplinary issues, it was suddenly Hatch’s job to lose.“I’ve definitely felt grateful for the opportunity,” Hatch says...
...Israel Prime Minister Shuffle After the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is poised to become the nation's first female Premier since Golda Meir. Livni, a 50-year-old lawyer and former low-level Mossad agent with only about a decade of political experience, won her moderate Kadima party's elections on Sept. 17 and now has about six weeks to put together a majority coalition. She faces resistance from Benjamin Netanyahu's conservative Likud party, which opposes her recent peace talks with the Palestinians...
...SEPT. 22 Premier Wen Jiabao apologizes; China's food-and-product-quality head resigns. Four babies have died; 53,000 are sick...
...festival grew, Berklee College of Music took over its production. The change in management resulted in continued growth and an increase in the quality of performing artists. Last year’s lineup, for example, included jazz legend Herbie Hancock, while tonight’s indoor performance will feature premier female drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Cindy Blackman, who have played with Hancock and Lenny Kravitz respectively. Their appearance is part of an annual attempt at innovation. “It’s not often you see a jazz band led by drummers,” Balkin said...