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Harvard is the premier university on the planet. It has the most august faculty, unparalleled academic resources and the most intellectually active student body. Harvard provides its students with opportunities to be had nowhere else...
KABUL The battles roiling again among regional warlords have been a headache for interim President HAMID KARZAI. A Pashtun, Karzai has endured political sniping from those left out of the government. Former President BURHANUDDIN RABBANI, a Tajik, does not command forces but has scattered support. So does former Premier GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR, a Pashtun. In early May, the CIA tried to assassinate Hekmatyar--whom it considers a dangerous enemy of Karzai as well as of the U.S.--but he escaped the missile attack, which killed several supporters...
...English soccer season seemed a fair bet. With 14 major titles in as many seasons with the club, Ferguson and his team looked set for one or two more this time out. Instead, United lost in the semifinal of the European Championship and was edged out of the Premier League championship by an ascendant Arsenal who, days after winning the F.A. Cup, clinched the title by beating Ferguson's stellar team on their own turf at Old Trafford. The winning smile of Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was that of a man who knew he'd outfought, outthought...
...laid out $4.5 billion for new facilities, three times what France spent for the whole show. Sure, the Nikkei is lower than a striker who just shanked a penalty, but football has nearly ousted yakyu (baseball) as Japan's national pastime, and the country boasts more players in the premier European leagues than any other Asian nation. South Korea, too, is out to prove it belongs on football's greatest stage. A five-time participant in the finals, South Korea has never made it past the first round and tends toward a dogged, defensive style that has won over...
...earned $65 million. Much of the credit for the turnaround fell to Brooklyn, N.Y.-born Fields, 41, the Harvard M.B.A. who revamped Mazda's lineup with models like his red RX-7 sport coupe. Last month Ford, which controls Mazda, asked Fields to work his magic on its lagging Premier Automotive Group, which makes Volvos, Jaguars, Aston Martins and Land Rovers...