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...aboard his floating palace, Zheng He was often lashed by the elements. He lost many ships in raging tempests - some were reefed against the African shoreline and the survivors may have set up colonies there - and hundreds of men succumbed to disease. Zheng He, too, died on his final, seventh voyage and was buried at sea. Ma Huan, a translator on several of Zheng He's expeditions, recalls how Saint Elmo's fire once blazed atop the mast of the treasure ship, prompting a shaken Zheng He to offer more lavish sacrifices to Tianfei...
Robert L. Scalise was named Monday as Harvard’s seventh Nichols Family Director of Athletics. Scalise, who will begin in the job on Aug. 1, currently serves as associate dean for administration and senior executive office at Harvard Business School...
Robert L. Scalise was named Monday as Harvard’s seventh Nichols Family Director of Athletics. Scalise, who will begin in the job on Aug. 1, currently serves as associate dean for administration and senior executive office at Harvard Business School...
...between, the details were grim. In month three, Hope developed seizures. In month four, doctors inserted a gastric tube to make feeding easier. They said she lacked the brain capacity to suffer, but Nancy is not so sure. Some nights her daughter whimpered for hours. One night in the seventh month, David went to check on her. "I just touched the back of her leg. Her body was really cool. Even though you prepare yourself..." He woke his wife and said, "She's gone." Nancy changed her daughter's diaper a last time...
Robert L. Scalise was named Harvard’s seventh Nichols Family Director of Athletics today. Scalise, who will begin in the job on Aug. 1, currently serves as associate dean for administration and senior executive office at Harvard Business School...