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...presidential candidate John Edwards will appear at Harvard Book Store at noon today to sign copies of his book, Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, but he won’t be speaking at the event. Due to Edwards’ packed schedule and the bookstore’s request, Edwards will only be signing copies of the book, according to store manager Mark Lamphier. He won’t sign other books of his or memorabilia either, and will not be posing for photographs during the event. After his appearance, which is scheduled to take between...
...ballot if the current legislative session expires on Jan. 2 without a vote on the amendment. Activitsts on both sides of the gay-marriage debate are now turning their attention to the SJC with little indication as to how it will act on Romney’s request. “It’s anybody’s guess,” Winters said of the outcome. “I think anybody who claims to know how it’s going to be adjudicated is just blowing steam...
...politicians and money-hungry exploiters who rape our earth in the name of development. Johan Van Der Merwe Hilton, South Africa The Dance Of The Veils Re columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's essay "Nothing to Hide" [Oct. 16], on the controversy surrounding former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's request that Muslim women remove their veils in his office: The political and religious debate between Islamic fundamentalists and the West regarding female modesty cleverly sidesteps the root responsibility as being in Islamic religion or, as Alibhai-Brown says scornfully, in females themselves, "as carriers of original sin." That some Muslim...
...becoming a de facto public spokesman for those opposing the Church's centuries-old tradition of priestly celibacy, however, may have offered Benedict a unique opportunity to clearly state his position on this hot-button request early in his papacy, as John Paul II did in his second year in office. Vatican sources note that there are several prominent Cardinals who want to at least fine tune the policy on celibacy. "I don't think the Pope cares about Milingo," says one senior Vatican official. "But he wants to give the Cardinals a chance to have their...
...year stint at the firm’s helm. His replacement as endowment chief was former bond manager Mohamed A. El-Erian, who built a formidable record while managing over $28 billion in emerging market debt at Pacific Investment Management Company. El-Erian did not return a request for comment about Harvard’s Univision investment last night. —Staff writer Nicholas M. Ciarelli can be reached at ciarelli@fas.harvard.edu...