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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...company began life in 1904, when Charles Rolls, an aristocratic automobile aficionado and dealership owner, joined forces with fledgling carmaker Henry Royce. Then and now, the company's cars were big, powerful, stately and silent. In 1931, Rolls acquired the more sporty, slightly less expensive rival Bentley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Rolls-Royce Got Its Rebound | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

Pacing through the funereal gloom of his empty factory, Yazegi glances up at the silent machinery and says, "All I need is for the Israelis to let me have the fizz. The workers will come back. We'll flip the switch and start right up again." And that would make life for the Palestinians of Gaza just a little sweeter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soft Drink Fizz Goes Flat in Gaza | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...dialogue.” While that motion was postponed indefinitely yesterday, the debate continued between Matory and Dershowitz over Harvard’s handling of issues that concern Israel and Palestine. Dershowitz, who told a colleague before the meeting, “I’m here to be silent,” challenged Matory’s characterization of his work relating to the Middle East. Dershowitz told the professors that a research assistant had identified 54 events held at Harvard with anti-Israel perspectives since the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004. “There simply...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Familiar Clash As Faculty Meets | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...unspoken” part, however, may not apply to Leanna. With regards to what might happen if her team does better than that of her brothers, she admits that she probably will not remain silent...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coskren Siblings Deliver Hat Trick for Harvard Hockey | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...about affecting the community that she’s a part of.” Alford’s involvement in Harvard life has not always been idyllic. In her junior year, Alford was brutally hazed by an off-campus Greek organization. True to form, she refused to stay silent and eventually wrote an op-ed in The Crimson about her experience. Despite being diagnosed last year with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disorder involving low platelet counts, Alford refused to take time off from school. Instead, she added weekly chemotherapy infusions to her schedule of thesis writing...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Natasha S. Alford | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

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