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...most populous city gritted their teeth as Beijing got all the glory. But now that the Olympics are over, Shanghai is determined to reclaim the title of China's most happening metropolis. Just four days after the Summer Games' closing ceremony, Shanghai unveiled China's tallest building (and the third-highest on the planet), the Shanghai World Financial Center, a 101-story tower that sprouted from what had been marshland 15 years ago. The point, made with phallic overstatement, was unavoidable. Shanghai is back, and bigger than ever...
...rights and the good of the community.In the 1970s, Austin was still a sleepy liberal enclave in the middle of ultra-red Texas. The movie starts at the beginning of Austin’s boom and traces its transformation into the sixteenth-largest city in the nation with the third-highest growth rate from 2000 to 2006. In a brilliant move, the first part of the film seduces the viewer with Austin’s appeal—Willie Nelson, cowboys, and democrats—while the second half outlines the city’s problems of over-population, showing...
...Harvard fans, who are used to seeing Fitzpatrick light up defenses and lead thrilling comebacks. The rest of the sports world, however, is only now taking notice of the former Crimson standout. On the heels of Fitzpatrick’s NFL debut—the third-highest first-game passing performance in history—the media blitz has been unremitting. He has appeared on ESPN’s Cold Pizza, the Jim Rome Show, ESPN Radio, and NFL Sirius radio in addition to several national radio shows. SportsCenter ran continuous highlights of his game on Sunday evening. Analysts like...
...foundational science course Life Sciences 1a, “An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences: Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology,” has the third-highest enrollment with 482 students...
...while Lederman was no doubt a proven viable alternative—he finished the year with Harvard’s third-highest points-per-game total—the same could not be said of Meintel, who had not skated since Harvard’s 2-1 overtime loss at Dartmouth on Feb. 25. In fact, the rookie had only nine collegiate appearances and one assist to his name entering the matchup with the Wildcats...