Word: visits
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...middle of a historic swing through East Asia, President Neil L. Rudenstine last week became the first sitting Harvard president to visit China, meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin and speaking to a standing-room-only crowd at Peking University...
Jiang also reminisced during the meeting about his Nov. 1 visit to Harvard and his speech at Sanders Theatre, remarking that his visit reinforced in his mind the importance of the exchange of ideas between countries...
...helped us in the darkest hour of the history of this country,? he said, referring to alliances criticized by Washington. If the U.S. aspired to world leadership, it should set an example by making peace with its enemies, Mandela added. The tone of today?s events -- which included a visit to Robben Island, the prison where Mandela served much of his 27-year sentence -- was mostly positive, with the two leaders showering praise on each other...
Britain's Prince Charles and his sons, William and Harry, began their first joint visit to North America since the death of Princess Diana. The chartered jet carrying Charles and Harry touched down at Vancouver's airport under threatening skies Monday evening. The royal party headed quickly to a hotel, but first greeted a waiting crowd -- and Harry, 13, accepted several red roses from young girls. William flew to Canada on a separate commercial flight. (He is not allowed to use the same aircraft as his father because he is second behind Charles as heir to the British throne...
...Dudden--as Gregory is now known--has instead acquired the hall and converted it into a clinic for the study of sleep disorders. Having never met Terry during their college days, Dudden doesn't find it at all odd that the now well-respected film critic has agreed to visit the clinic after sitting through a 10-day film marathon without falling asleep once. In fact, it is Dudden's distantly-familiar female colleague, Dr. Madison, who makes the connection that both men once lived in Ashdown, the first of several oddities she reveals throughout the story. Meanwhile...