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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice helped firm up support for the IAEA vote by having aides brief foreign officials on a trove of documents that, according to U.S. diplomatic sources, expose a clandestine Iranian military nuclear-research operation. The documents, found in 2004 on a laptop computer, which U.S. intelligence believes came from an Iranian engineer, contain data on tests for high explosives, a design for a missile re-entry vehicle and a diagram of a green-salt production line. Separately, those areas of research could imply fairly benign intentions. But if an Iranian military agency has been coordinating...
...floor to discuss finances, FAS Diversity Advisor Lisa L. Martin issued a report on her efforts this semester. She outlined her hope to accommodate female junior professors, noting a study that found that 45 percent of tenured women at American universities do not have children.Kirby also dipped into his trove of Chinese lore when he opened the meeting, simultaneously wishing his colleagues a happy Chinese New Year—2006 is the Year of the Dog—and foreshadowing the discussion to come.“It seems that Harvard was conceived, if not quite born, in the Year...
...Chiron, has announced that it intends to vote against the deal, calling Novartis' $45 per share offer "tantamount to stealing the company." Vasella, however, believes that Novartis, with its deep pockets and tight quality controls, is ideally positioned to clean up Chiron's mess, expand capacity and exploit its trove of intellectual property. Says Vasella: "When you have 42% ownership, you can't be a passive investor...
While there is no question that a student’s facebook profile can be a treasure trove of information for recruiters, it is less clear whether it is ethical or even good practice for a firm to tap into this resource...
...That Japanese buddha now reigns over a newly renovated Musée Cernuschi. After nearly a century of refining and adding to Cernuschi's acquisitions, plus a three-year, $9 million refurbishment, the museum has reopened as one of Europe's premier collections of Chinese art - a coherent, chronological trove of works from the Neolithic period to the 13th century. Cernuschi loved ancient bronzes - decorative, ceremonial and technologically sophisticated artifacts from China's earliest history. Among his acquisitions in the museum's extensive bronze collection is an enormous basin from the 6th century B.C., the largest of its kind outside...