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Maybe it makes perfect sense that Steve Wynn would turn into the Mister Rogers of Las Vegas. Sitting in his new hotel in a red V-neck sweater and gray wool pants, Wynn, 63--famous for yelling at employees, taking up steer roping and accidentally shooting off his index finger in his office--is talking about building neighborhoods in his latest land of make-believe. Explaining that his hotel will be a mellow retreat, without the glitz and campy themes that have made him such a sensation in the past, Wynn breaks into a rendition of Bali Ha'ifrom South...
...prospect of college-sponsored Beirut, students who either were not screened as potential Associates or chose not to buy the honor—like Matt W. Mahan ’05 and Brandon M. Terry ’05—have tried to help “steer Harvard” their...
...Senior Gift website describes Associate-level donors as “a distinguished group of contributors who provide consistent annual leadership for the College—an alumni constituency who, year after year, help steer Harvard through each new challenge and help strengthen undergraduate education...
...Associates’] contributions steer Harvard,” a spokesperson there told me in an e-mail, “by advancing its pursuit of new opportunities for academic excellence as teaching and research evolve.” The spokesperson, who asked not to be identified, described the program as a “community,” a group of donors who ensure the College receives “consistent leadership support...
...shock privatization by arguing that its result—a normal Russia—was well worth the social price paid during the turbulent 1990s. The book is also predictably economics-centric, and if you’re not comfortable pretending to understand regressions, you may want to steer clear. But even the casual Kremlin watcher will appreciate the surprisingly accessible final chapter, which should be required reading for any class on modern Russia. Americans have been used to thinking of Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” ever since Churchill...