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...same time that the State Department sent its representatives to Beijing recently to discuss future talks with North Korea, it denied a North Korean official permission to speak at Harvard. Pak Gil Yon, North Korea’s Ambassador to the United Nations, was tentatively scheduled to speak Nov. 22 at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) about “challenges in the region,” according to KSG spokeswoman Melodie L. Jackson. But the State Department undermined the public discourse and understanding of an important current issue—North Korea’s nuclear ambitions?...
...Your Head (2004’s fight-song-cum-spelling-lesson “Hollaback Girl,” off her solo debut “Love.Angel.Music.Baby”), Most Discomfiting Use Of Actual People As Fashion Accessories (her so-called Harajuku girls, contractually forbidden to speak English in public), and of course the Madonna Wannabe Award For Utter Lack Of Shame In Self-Promotion (she namedrops her own design line, L.A.M.B, in as many songs as she can). Perhaps she was shooting for another glitzy trophy to add to her mental collection when she penned the line...
...book, “Nine Points for Studying, Ten Points for Determination,” sold 50,000 copies in the first ten days it hit the shelves. The author, whose mother has also written four books on admissions to Ivy League schools, has toured Korea to speak about landing a coveted spot in the College. Park declined to comment for the story...
...entrepreneur who at the age of 17 helped found the Subway sandwich chain gave students a candid taste of business life last night. Fred DeLuca described Subway’s tentative early days and dispensed advice for young professionals, speaking to about 40 students in the Dunster House Junior Common Room. DeLuca said he co-founded the Subway franchise in 1965 in hopes of covering his college expenses. Now the chain has nearly 27,000 branches worldwide. When DeLuca hit hard financial times early in Subway’s history, he faced a choice between shutting down the original location...
...According to Watson, the illustrator was “an old-fashioned socialist,” whereas Watson described himself as a Democrat, “but sort of in the Lou Dobbs camp. I just think there should be a wall, that our country shouldn’t speak Spanish.” Next, discussing evolutionary bases of cultural diversity, Watson spoke about why Swedes and Greeks tended to be taciturn and talkative, respectively. Watson explained that “in Sweden, they had farms. They didn’t live together. They were individuals,” while...