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...Documentaries for families always have to do an awkward two-step between being entertaining and informative. Under the Sea 3-D splashes down clearly on the entertaining side, and environmentalists might take exception to the Ripley's Believe It or Not! approach it takes to its subject. There's a dutiful hat-tip to the threat coral reefs face from global warming, without any substantive advice on what a concerned moviegoer could do about it. Nevertheless, it's quite a parental high to see wonder on the face of a child. Even behind the weirdo glasses...
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has unveiled a new plan to combat the financial crisis: persuading private financial institutions to buy up toxic assets with the government's backing. While this is a step up from former Secretary Henry Paulson's original bailout plan - in which the government itself would buy up the bad securities - it is still not the right approach...
...captivated a room like no one else with her infectious smile, graceful step and charming persona. One probably would never have guessed from looking at her that she was a fierce competitor at heart. As one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), Betty, who passed away Feb. 7 at 89, had a strong will and conviction that were key to opening doors for future generations of golfers, including me. Several months ago, I had the pleasure of being honored at the Hispanic Heroes Luncheon in West Palm Beach, Fla. Betty, a local resident, attended...
...group that contains few minority members. In an interview last December, the Dean said that she hopes to usher minority faculty into recently opened House Master positions. The selection fills one of two recent vacancies. In November, Pforzheimer House Masters Sue and James J. McCarthy announced their intention to step down after 13 years in the Quad. Even though the McCarthys announced their retirement about two months before Rosen and Sassanfar, their replacements have not yet been named. As is typical among House Masters, both Sullivan and Robinson have earned distinctions in a wide range of academic and professional pursuits...
...affiliated with the Music Department or any other academic branch of the University, Coriel was inspired to create ”How Songs Work” in response to the proposals of the Task Force on the Arts. He decided to take the initiative to make a concrete step toward the goal of augmenting the arts at Harvard.This ambitious step has garnered much encouragement from members of the arts community. According to Coriel, he has received positive feedback from the Dramatic Arts and Literature Departments, as well as from Humanities Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt, chair of the Task Force...