Word: transferal
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...truly uninhibited lounging—cable television. While most, including the University, have sat silently by, one particularly entrepreneurial student, Nicholas J. Castine ’09 took charge. Motivated by his longing for the soothing song of SportsCenter and sitcoms upon his arrival at Harvard as a transfer student in the fall of 2006, Castine launched Crimson Cable, which developed a surprisingly feasible proposal for a business to provide cable via power lines to Harvard’s 12 undergraduate houses, only to see the proposal summarily dismissed by school administrators on the basis of largely superficial objections. Last...
...foreign communications passing through the U.S. But the White House says it is unwilling to negotiate middle ground on the issue of retroactive immunity for the telecoms. The Democrats have offered two compromises: a court review of the issue to see if retroactive immunity is warranted, and a transfer of liability for past lawbreaking from the telecoms to the government. The Senate rejected both, and 21 House Democrats urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to do the same, but she and other Democratic leaders are unwilling to back down...
Other hotels are designing sleep amenities to fit their individual personalities. At La Mansion del Rio in San Antonio, handcrafted worry dolls are placed in rooms every night, a nod to Yanaguana folklore, which promises that your cares will evaporate by dawn if you transfer them to the dolls as you sleep. The Milliken Creek Inn & Spa in Napa Valley, Calif., offers a package that includes the Good Night Sleep Kit by Deepak Chopra. And at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, the "vibe manager" will create a playlist of mellow music (ranging from Simon and Garfunkel to Morcheeba...
...HARVARD GOAL. Sophomore transfer Anna McDonald sets up behind the net and feeds a pass to freshman Liza Ryabkina in front. Nice play from the new Crimson newcomers. Junior Sarah Wilson also nabs an assist. Harvard...
Majid Khan, 27, a former suburban Baltimore high school student, was first seized by authorities in Pakistan, where he said he was visiting his brother. Khan then spent more than three years in a secret overseas CIA "black site" before President Bush ordered his transfer to Guantanamo along with 13 other high-value detainees. Also transferred was alleged 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheik Mohammed, who had allegedly ordered Khan to research attacks on American water reservoirs and gas stations...