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Tony Ronzone is basketball's premier frequent flyer. He has coached in Saudi Arabia, searched for a point guard in Montenegro, evaded Yugoslav border police to scout a power forward and twice visited North Korea to peek at a 7ft. 9-in. center. One September day in 1998, Ronzone was conducting a hoops clinic in Shanghai when he received an invitation to an 18th-birthday party. The birthday boy was quick, graceful--and 7 ft. 3 in. tall. Ronzone accepted. "The parents were there, maybe a few Chinese officials," Ronzone recalls. "We're all stuffed into this apartment the size...
Bush says he'll explore every nonviolent means to prevent war with Iraq. During the Cuban missile crisis 40 years ago, J.F.K. and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev negotiated and compromised. Result: no war. It will be interesting to see whether Bush is a man of his word and follows through on his rhetoric. DAN MORIARTY Newport, Minn...
Since returning to Harvard, Harvey has emerged as one of the premier players in the Ivy League, finishing as the conference’s second-leading scorer last season and earning First Team All-Ivy honors. All the while, however, he was fluctuating on and off probationary academic status...
...have certain factions within Harvard. There is a serious need for more graduate housing close to campus, so that these students can better utilize facilities and serve as teaching fellows. On the losing end: Harvard University Art Museums and Cambridge cultural life, which would be served by a premier museum designed by a premier architect like Renzo Piano (and may lose current museums, like the Peabody, to Allston in the future...
It’s time for Harvard to begin seriously examining the possibility of turning the Blackstone plant into a cutting-edge modern art facility. Any change will come with some expense, but the benefits of putting Harvard back on the map as a premier institution of art and patron of architecture are hard to price out. And then there’s the possibility of mending some fences with the Riverside residents who rightly haven’t forgotten about Mather and Peabody...