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...during subsequent years in the navy and since 2001 as a working royal. No matter the prodigious number of cucumber sandwiches he nibbles for Queen and Country, or however skilfully he promotes British business as the U.K.'s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment (public records show he undertook 446 engagements in 2006, excluding business meetings), Elizabeth's second son never shakes off his tabloid image as a feckless playboy - an image photographers find profitable to reinforce...
...when students can expect concrete results.Although their plans are ambitious, we believe that Tom Hadfield and Adam Goldenberg are a singularly well-qualified team. Hadfield is one of the most accomplished undergraduates at Harvard. Prior to arriving on campus, he launched Soccernet, an internationally acclaimed Web site, and undertook a series of philanthropic projects. At Harvard, Hadfield has pioneered the Swipe for Darfur campaign, a comprehensive online events calendar for the College, and CrimsonReading.org, a website that allows students to save money by comparison shopping for textbooks—and, starting last week, find coursepacks online. Goldenberg?...
...period during the mid-'80s when Australia, rocked by the simultaneous retirements of three all-time greats in Chappell, Lillee and Rod Marsh, could hardly beat time with a stick. The slump reminded local guardians that gradual renewal was the way to keep a team winning, and they undertook to do it. And up to a point, they have?Healy, Mark Waugh and Dean Jones were all let go with some juice still in the lemon. More recently, however, selectors' feelings of loyalty and gratitude toward fine servants have clouded their judgment...
...iPod. “The iPod has a cultural cachet that few other MP3 players can even dream of competing with,” he says. And thus the tiny music player lured him to do something that only two others were willing to do. Indeed, Crimson Key undertook the competition for two reasons. “We were trying to give the audience some entertainment during intermission,” says W. Hugo Van Vuuren ’07, Crimson Key secretary, “and offer some individuals the opportunity to become famous.” Van Vuuren...
...Executive power of the kingdom of Nepal, which was in our safekeeping, shall from this day be returned to the people," the King said. Gyanendra, who had suspended democracy and seized direct power in February 2005, undertook to hand the reins of government to a prime minister picked by the alliance of seven political parties that has spearheaded the campaign against...