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...back from one of the Esperanto conferences. I had gotten very used to these little set phrases like jes, the Esperanto word for "yes." I would be ordering a sandwich at the counter, and the cashier would ask, "Do you want a bag for that?" I'd say, "Jes," with this weird pronunciation...
...University’s total holdings, the report provides a glimpse of how Harvard Management Company—the group that oversees the University’s multi-billion dollar endowment—is navigating this year’s tumultuous and markedly changed financial landscape. University officials say they have been planning for a total 30 percent drop in the endowment by the end of the current fiscal year.Despite an increase in public equity holdings to almost $772 million by March 31, up from $571 million in the previous quarter, the University has still dramatically reduced its publicly traded...
...grubby hands on the preliminary list of courses that will be available to students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for the 2009-2010 school year. And some of these new classes look, to say the least, stimulating...
...recognize that we are in a recession. We are prepared to say goodbye to hot breakfast and farewell to the Quad Library. Where unnecessary spending is taking place, we respect the administration’s decision to make cuts. However, the cost of ensuring Harvard students’ safety is not “unnecessary spending.” Student safety should never be a bullet point between “Scan and Deliver Service” and “Telecommunications Management” on a list of “cost saving measures.” While...
...Wandering past model rockets, orange cosmonaut suits emblazoned with red U.S.S.R. emblems and a diorama of happy cosmonaut mannequins sitting around a campfire next to a crashed space capsule waiting for pickup, Lynn Nordstrom of Albuquerque, N.M., and her two sons - in Moscow for the Eurovision song contest - say they are enjoying their visit. But "after looking at this, I'm afraid of the Egypt syndrome, where all you do is talk about how great you used to be," Nordstrom says. "The museum is terrific, but you need to look to the future. My whole youth was spent hearing about...