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...Harvard chapel’s granite steps are being entirely removed and reinstalled this summer, correcting structural problems that had left the stairs lopsided and cracked. The brick substructure beneath the steps had weakened due to the freeze-and-thaw cycle of cold weather, according to Epps Fellow and Chaplain to Harvard College Mark D.W. Edington...
...Geneva summit is not the only sign of a thaw in U.S.-Soviet relations. While Ronald Reagan was preparing to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev, a group of American banks was quietly deciding to loan money to the Soviet Union. The First National Bank of Chicago and three New York banks--Bankers Trust, Morgan Guaranty and Irving Trust--have joined the Royal Bank of Canada in giving the Soviets a $200 million credit line to help buy American and Canadian grain. Other U.S. banks are expected to participate in the loans...
...unseasonably warm and the sky was clear blue. In meteorological and in diplomatic terms, there was a thaw in the air last week when Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived in Tokyo to begin a five-day visit, the first to Japan by a Soviet Foreign Minister since Andrei Gromyko, now the Soviet President, stepped on Japanese soil ten years ago. The latest visitor set an optimistic note, declaring his hope that the two nations will be blown closer together by a "wind of change...
...quickly as the crisis burst onto the public stage in February, the drama retreated backstage soon after the vote of no confidence in March, and by the time the ice began to thaw in Cambridge, things seemed to have returned to business as usual...
Harvard’s home waters, the Lower Basin of the Charles, froze over during holidays and didn’t thaw until late, putting the Crimson at a disadvantage by inhibiting practice...