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News crews line the yard. Feisty reporters attack students with rapid-fire questions. Everyone seems to be talking about one thing, and one thing only: Larry Summers’ resignation. According to a Google News search, the nine days since the official announcement have generated over 1,000 articles about Summers in the United States alone. Seems like every major paper in the country has chimed in with an opinion about the Harvard presidency—as if the shakeup at Mass. Hall were the most important thing ever to happen in higher education. But what’s different...
...That was enough to get a green light from Guariniello. So Agovino ordered 20 Carabinieri agents, including two linked to a special Health Ministry squad, to carry out a rapid-fire sweep of five residences where Austrians were staying in Pragelato Plan and Cesana San Sicario, the two hamlets hosting the cross-country and biathlon events. The Saturday-night raid was a first-ever antidoping police blitz at an Olympics, and the i.o.c. came along. So while the police scoured the houses and the athletes for any evidence of doping substances or equipment, Olympic officials demanded that 10 Austrian athletes...
...then a small plate of succotash, one might wonder if she has grown accustomed to this type of food. The difficulty of returning to Harvard surprises students, who expect—and are expected—to fit right back into the undergraduate lifestyle. Harvard is known for its rapid pace, as overachieving students fill their lives with extracurricular activities on top of the requisite schoolwork. “I had grown really comfortable with my life in Tanzania,” says Panarelli. “I definitely felt overwhelmed just by the speed and general busyness of everything...
Julian and other public defenders say the intimidation threat is overhyped, that the real reason witnesses don't testify is that the citizens of Baltimore have lost faith in the city's justice system, particularly the scandal-racked police force. A special rapid-reaction unit called a flex squad in the southwestern district was disbanded in December after one of its officers was accused of raping a detained woman before setting her free. A search of the precinct building turned up stashed narcotics and counterfeit DVDs. The charges came after years of rumored misconduct, and critics in the media...
...Taiwan Premier and heir apparent to President Chiang Ching-kuo until a stroke forced him to withdraw from public life in 1984; in Taipei. An electrical engineer who rose to become president of the Taiwan Power Company before entering politics, Sun played a key role in the island's rapid economic development, guiding the creation of its prominent semiconductor industry. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian hailed him as "the creator of Taiwan's 'economic miracle...