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Last weekend, the Classes of 1963, 1968, and 1978 descended upon Cambridge for their class reunions, eating in their old House dining halls, posing for pictures on the steps of Widener, and, most satisfyingly, watching Harvard’s football team demolish Cornell...
...students encountered such lavish attention. Linda Liu ’10 said stumbled upon the show after a grocery run with a friend and did not experience any aggression...
...every room, ceilings painted aubergine, LED lights around the windows and bed that allow you to create mood lighting. To mark the occasion, from now until Dec. 31, the hotel is offering a "Renovation Package," including a head-to-toe Bliss Spa gift set, two glasses of Champagne upon arrival, and a complimentary entrée from the hotel's restaurant, from $449 per night. 541 Lexington Avenue...
...markets gave new force to the glumfest, opening with plunges near or in double digits. By day's end, those declines had been scaled back to 8.85% on London's FTSE 100, 7.7% on Paris' CAC 40, and 7% on Frankfurt's DAX index. Vienna's market lost 10% upon resumption of trading after temporary suspension there, while exchanges in Moscow and Jakarta were considered too volatile to even reopen...
...Upon being informed of the prize, which includes a gold medal and $1.42 million, Ahtisaari told Norwegian TV that he was "very pleased and grateful." In previous interviews he has said the attention generated by such an award would help sustain the work of his nongovernmental organization, the Crisis Management Initiative. The career of this northern diplomat has not always produced the hoped-for outcome or held the spotlight. But it demonstrates the value of a cool and steady hand in turbulent times...