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...love of his country partly spurred his original interest in old Chinese timepieces. A chance meeting with a Japanese collector left him perturbed by the thought that overseas enthusiasts were snapping up China's horological history. "I was jealous of them," he admits, and immediately set about studying the subject. Today, novice collectors regularly approach Chan with their questions, and a book is in the pipeline...
...Fund, which will allocate half a million dollars in grants over the next five years to neighborhood improvement, health, and education initiatives. But Mattison said he was still unimpressed with Harvard’s efforts to work with the community, citing the Charlesview relocation project—an ongoing subject of negotiations between Harvard and the community since 2003—as evidence of the University’s disinterest in building community relations. “It’s a huge project and Harvard’s bending over backwards to refuse to have any involvement in planning...
...education” for students ages 3 to 19 “to live, learn, and work in a rapidly globalizing world,” according to its Web site. Schools can offer IB courses either as an alternative or in conjunction with existing curricula. “The subject areas are like courses available now at Cambridge Rindge and Latin,” said Evangeline H. Stefanakis, a Boston University professor who presented aspects of the IB program at last night’s meeting. The thrust of the argument for the IB program focused on preparing students...
...most elections, the deceased mother of a candidate in the primaries is not the subject of a magazine profile. But Ann Soetoro was not like most mothers...
...there is no way [the committee] could not have been aware of it,” since the e-mails added to the list were apparently visible in the e-mail heading.Legally, citizen e-mails to the school committee can be a public record and are subject to public records disclosure, according to the state’s Public Records Law. In its statement, the school committee expressed “disappointment” over the administration’s actions and believes it “may have violated the public trust.”The committee has also...