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Just before 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11--the moment that, two years ago, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center--President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and their wives stepped onto the lawn of the White House for a moment of silence. During that long day of remembrance, the President's only public engagement was at St. John's Church on Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. A year ago, Bush spent 14 hours visiting all three sites of destruction and death--downtown Manhattan, the Pentagon...
China keeps opening its doors--even the ones in the ivory tower. Beijing's elite Tsinghua University has appointed former Goldman Sachs president John Thornton professor of global leadership, making him the first U.S. businessman to teach at the school since the 1949 revolution. During his 24 years at Goldman, Thornton helped the firm become a force in Europe, Japan and China, where Zhu Rongji, the reformist former Prime Minister and a dean at Tsinghua, was a confidant. Thornton has insisted that he's focused on teaching, but don't expect a globe-trotting rainmaker to spend all his time...
Riverside residents, often citing their bitter hatred of Harvard’s Peabody Terrace and Mather Tower, have fought the University’s plans to build for years...
...Bell Tower to Ivory Tower...
...monks say they are waiting to hear Harvard’s opinion about returning the bells before beginning extensive fundraising in anticipation of the costs of transporting the bells out of Harvard and into the bell tower in Moscow...