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...thousand years, venice's fate has been inextricably tied to water: the city famous for its canals is even shaped like a fish, with an imposing tail bifurcating at the Isola di San Pietro. Over the centuries, the Venetians' empire-building navies gave them grandiose reason to stage an annual Marriage with the Sea--the doge on board a gilded galley flinging a ring into the lagoon in mythic matrimony. Last week, however, the sea wanted more than a ring: the Adriatic appeared to be reeling in all of Venice itself, grabbing at it with the worst floods La Serenissima...
...think we do a good job of remembering our history with teams, and that loss last year was tough,” tri-captain Jenny Brine said. “It was one of two, so we definitely remember that game.”This year, the stage is a bit different. The two squads, both expected to duplicate last season’s success—the Crimson and Wildcats both won their league titles and advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four—have experienced some early-season setbacks. New Hampshire has lost three of its last four...
...woman walks onto the stage of Cambridge’s First Parish Church on Monday, November 24. “A reminder,” he says. “There is no photography during the talk.” So began world-renowned photographer’s Annie Leibovitz’s reading of her latest book, “Annie Leibovitz at Work,” sponsored by the Harvard Book Store. The audience chuckles...
...really known for dancing. And dancers aren’t really known for physics. Except for one: Merritt A. Moore ’10. This year, Moore took a year off from Einstein and relativity to focus on a different kind of motion: ballet. Currently on the Swiss stage with the Zurich Ballet Company, the physics concentrator began dancing at the age of 13 in Southern California. She practiced ballet throughout high school and performed with the Harvard Ballet Company on campus. Moore’s partner in many HBC dances has been Kevin Shee...
...coherent list of questions to ask Treasury about what it’s doing and what it plans to do—and whether either of those are likely to address what’s going wrong,” she said. The panel will present the first stage of its findings to Congress on December 10th. According to Warren, the report will outline “the central questions that Treasury should be addressing as it spends the taxpayers’ money...