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...Norman “the Impaler” Mailer: Takes a stab at another Pulitzer Prize...
...victory over Yale at GPSTS’s first interscholastic team poker tournament this past November. And poker isn’t just for grads: just this past weekend, Brian M. Wan ’08 played in the PokerStars Sunday Million, an online tournament that guarantees a first prize of over $100,000 (don’t rush to that friend request, though—Wan didn’t walk away with the grand prize). But while Law School students may be learning about poker, undergraduates should probably stick to playing for Crimson cash—though Nesson...
...Public Policy Program, said she has hosted Johnson-Sirleaf in her home during recent visits. Hunt said that a stream of Harvard professors conferred with the President. “She was holding court in our room,” Hunt said. Last year’s speaker, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and former Crimson editor Nicholas D. Kristof ’82, further praised the choice. “She’s a terrific choice because nobody has faced a tougher challenge in administering a country, and so far, she’s doing...
...Young news consumers are suspicious about traditional authority. They prize objectivity, straightforwardness and transparency. I doubt there's a reader under 30 who gets why newspapers endorse presidential candidates - and most of the ones I talk to ask the following: How can a newspaper be objective on the front page when it endorses a candidate on the editorial page? They're dubious about whether the reporter who covers Hillary Clinton can be objective if his newspaper has endorsed Barack Obama - and vice versa. And they're right. At a time when newspapers are trying to ensure their survival by attracting...
...next big prize: an Indian Air Force order for 126 multi-role fighter jets that could be worth more than $10 billion. The prospects have Lockheed, the world's biggest defense contractor, and U.S. aerospace giant Boeing salivating along with their Russian and European rivals. "The sector is opening up fast," says Lavina Gupta, Director of Anjani Technoplast, a company based in northern India that makes body armor, helmets and armored vehicles. "People have started looking up towards India. We are good entrepreneurs, we have the talents, it's just that we are now being recognized as a market. Everybody...