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...deciding factors in Power’s decision to come to Harvard. “I have taken a lot of science classes as an MCB concentrator, and the fact that the interpreting services at Harvard allow me to enroll in classes with such complex terminology is truly a testament to how exceptional the services are at Harvard,” said Powers in an e-mailed statement. The greatest challenge for interpreters, according to Kellie L. Stewart, one of Powers’s interpreters, is the pace of the person speaking. Interpreters run into trouble with people who speak...
...vote you courageously entered before Harvard’s season even began. I hope you can accept this gesture as my apology for ever doubting you.Sincerely,Loren AmorP.S. If you turn out to be wrong, I probably will retract my application to get you a book in the Old Testament and go back to calling you crazy.—Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...
...must already have had an inkling that he was one of those rare people who transcend age and place - and ethnicity and religion, too. I couldn't know to what extent: a year after the war, Dani converted from Islam to Protestantism after reading a New Testament given to him by American missionaries. "It matched with my philosophy," he says. "Jesus' message is love, to turn the other cheek." Dani keeps his faith close to his chest. "I don't think God wants to be as popular as he is right now," he says. If it doesn't come...
...rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a convoy of armored land cruisers taking foreign forces through the neighborhood, appeared to be targeting U.S.-led coalition soldiers. His vehicle was completely incinerated; all that remained was a charred gasoline engine. Two of the three land cruisers were extensively damaged - testament to the force of the explosives. "I heard a huge sound, and the earth shook under my feet," says Elyas Muradi, a 22-year-old security guard who had been walking through the neighborhood to get breakfast. "Then there was complete silence." Debris from the explosion littered the street 50 meters...
...This spring, starting on March 31, the Polish capital will be host of the International Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. In October the annual international jazz festival will be held in the Palace of Culture and Science, a dour monstrosity donated by Stalin that is the city's kitschiest testament to communist-era architecture...