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...Perhaps most prominent of all was Senator Charles Sumner, Class of 1830, the leader of the vehemently anti-slavery Radical Republicans whose statue now stands in the midst of Harvard Square, just outside Mass Hall...
...never been difficult to reconcile my love for hip-hop with my eternal devotion to Gordon Sumner. Like the best rap music, the Police always had funky basslines, rhythm-driven songs, and an oft-maligned intellectual underside. But after the Puffy sob-fest “I’ll Be Missing You,” I figured the party was over. 11 years later, imagine my surprise when a respected Atlanta rap stalwart releases not one, but two tracks prominently featuring samples from the Police on an otherwise “back-to-basics” album. In addition...
...Whether the first image is a struggling actor with three day jobs or Lindsay Lohan with three DUIs, Harvard probably doesn’t enter the picture. Although Harvard grads run four of the five biggest media conglomerates—Sony (Michael M. Lynton ’82), Viacom (Sumner M. Redstone ’44), Warner Brothers (Harvard Business School graduate Alan F. Horn), and NBC Universal (Jeff A. Zucker ’86)—the movie capital of the West Coast and the academic center of the East Coast seem to be separate worlds...
...measured in things like number of tears shed over Britney Spears by a heartbreakingly gay teenager," Ross says, before he is interrupted with a note that Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, is suing Youtube for $1 billion for using its content online. After a news clip featuring Viacom head Sumner Redstone, Ross explains, "When you're not paying him, you owe him $1 billion. When he's not paying you, he's not paying...
...Trade Organization (WTO), and a recent congressional report admitted "all major U.S. program crops are potentially vulnerable to WTO challenges." When U.S. officials urge the world to embrace free markets and free trade, the inevitable response is, What about your farm programs? "Our credibility is zero," says economist Daniel Sumner, a former Assistant Agriculture Secretary who runs the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center. "Every other country thinks of us as a liar and a crook...