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...face of the greatest financial meltdown in decades, University President Drew G. Faust made one thing clear: Harvard’s $36.9 billion endowment would be affected...
...seniors took control. It was just a small sign, but its significance was not lost on the team. “It means so much to everyone,” Leone said. “For the seniors, they’ve put every single thing into this, and it’s not even about what’s on the field. “It’s because of them, what they do off the field, that we are in this position,” he added. Next stop: the NCAA Regional on Friday. Before this game...
...broke a guitar string in the middle of a song. He had a spare, but he didn’t realize that guitar’s jack was broken. He finished the set with the broken string. The glitch did not prevent Start, Go! from securing the prize.The same thing happened to Elephantom. Pianist, songwriter and secondary vocalist Matthew A. Aucoin ’12 said when the group’s guitarist’s string broke, they had to beg the audience for a replacement guitar. Finally, the kindness of strangers came through.“Some random...
...Summers could begin guiding economic policy from his first day in office, a point that cannot be undervalued in this time of urgent economic peril.Like everyone else, Summers is not perfect. His manner can be brusque, and he does have something of a proclivity for saying the very wrong thing at the very wrong time. In short, he is not the consummate politician. But this is not the time to allow the narrative of one of our generation’s most talented economists to be dominated by a handful professional gaffes; the stakes are simply too high...
...language is a powerful thing. The more we speak in the past tense, the more we feel as though our effort has ended. As president, Obama will need the coalition that elected him to help craft his version of good government. Democrats made tremendous strides with this campaign, but, if Obama voters tune out, the electoral landscape could shift back toward polarization and conservatism. Obama’s promises of health-care reform, economic recovery, and tactful foreign policy hang in the balance...