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...world's longest mustache? Who was the world's most productive mother? No standard reference book troubles with such trivia, but an offbeat guide called the Guinness Book of Records answers such questions with gusto ... [It is] the world's greatest grab bag of mosts, leasts, longests, shortests, fastests and slowests ... Chosen to compile the book were Norris and Ross McWhirter ... [They] comb thousands of journals to keep their superlatives up to date, correspond with authorities in 110 countries, scan heaps of musty books to track down obscure points ... And when all else fails, they turn to an army...
This year, the Committee on College Life approved about 40 new extracurricular groups, which has been the standard number for the past four years, McLoughlin said...
...interview yesterday, Summers attributed the bulk of his pay jump to a particularly large subsidy for taxes on his apartment in Washington, D.C. He also received a $50,000 raise in standard compensation, according to the tax documents...
Summers, whose University-owned home on Elmwood Avenue is not counted as part of his compensation, received $500,112 in standard compensation, $29,285 in benefits and $152,338 in other income, which included a $139,547 housing subsidy...
...center is not a typical student group. It would be open to all females at Harvard; and, while over a dozen distinct groups—from the Association of Black Harvard Women to the Radcliffe Union of Students—have voiced the need for a center, the standard process doesn’t allow them to apply jointly for the center they wish to share...