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...innovations in each book seem particularly dramatic. This time out, for example, third-year students with signed permission slips from a parent or guardian are allowed periodic visits to Hogsmeade, a nearby village known as "the only entirely non-Muggle settlement in Britain." Naturally, Harry's vile Uncle Vernon refuses to sign anything relating to Hogwarts, so Harry faces the prospect of missing the fun or finding a way around the rules. And Harry meets another little problem: a dangerous killer has escaped from the wizard prison of Azkaban and is reportedly on his way to Hogwarts for the purpose...
...Vernon was also a world-class rower who continued to row with Cambridge Boat Club until last year. He broke the world record for his age group in the Crash-Bs, an indoor rowing competition, while...
...statement issued by the school, Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine expressed his gratitude for Vernon's many contributions...
...Vernon possessed a wide-ranging knowledge of international trade and the economics of developing nations that contributed greatly to the expansion of Harvard's global focus in the postwar era," Rudenstine wrote. "We are grateful for the part he played in the life of Harvard, the nation and the world...
...Vernon is survived by two daughters, Heidi Vernon and Susan Vernon Gerstenfeld, four granchildren, and seven great-grandchildren...