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...President Lawrence H. Summers about women in science and pushed back further due to his resignation in 2006 and the period of interim leadership that followed.Harvard’s last campaign, completed in 1999, reaped $2.6 billion ($3.2 billion in today’s dollars), then the largest total in the history of higher education.The return of permanent leadership last fall with the installation of University President Drew G. Faust gave hope that the capital campaign would finally get off the ground.But now, Rogers said, Harvard is closely watching the markets and gauging impact on its donors...
...least partially the Crimson’s undoing on Saturday, as Brown controlled the football for long drives in the critical second and fourth quarters. In the second frame, Brown held possession for 10:50, outscoring the Crimson 14-7. The Bears scored two touchdowns in a total of 5:52 to overcome a 13-0 deficit and take a 14-13 lead into halftime. In the fourth quarter, as the Crimson struggled to come back, Brown managed to hold the ball for 10:10 despite scoring just three points. The Bears began their field goal drive with 25 seconds...
...political spouses in recent memory, and even fewer First Ladies, have seemed this familiar. Take, for example, Laura Bush. I'm a fan of our current First Lady, in large part because she comes across as a truly kind, decent person. Her combination of obvious intellectual curiosity, compassion and total discretion intrigues me - so much so that I decided that the next best thing to knowing what someone like her thinks and feels would be imagining it. But if Laura inspires my affection and sympathy, I don't exactly relate to her, or I relate only to certain elements...
...true. A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your...
...endowments that managed to stay ahead of downward spiraling market prices. Yale announced late last week that its endowment rose 4.5 percent during the 2008 fiscal year—ending the year with $22.9 billion—and Stanford announced a 6.2 percent growth in its investments, leaving its total endowment relatively unchanged at $17.2 billion, after expenditures. Officials at Harvard’s neighbor, MIT, said yesterday that it had managed a 3.2 percent return over the past year. Its endowment now totals $10.1 billion. The largest higher educational endowment to announce a loss so far, the University...