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...choose to subscribe. 02138 gained fame for its an annual Harvard 100—a ranking of the university’s most influential alumni. In last year’s list, the top five, in order, were former Vice President Al Gore ’69, President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Allon said he intends to have a dinner in the fall honoring next year’s Harvard 100. Allon also said he plans to publish similar magazines and rankings for each Ivy League...
Perspective is everything in politics, and after nearly eight years of President George W. Bush's disastrous environmental policy, Attila the Hun would have looked green by comparison. Certainly Senator John McCain falls into that latter category. The presumptive Republican nominee was an advocate for taking action on global warming back when President Bush was still calling for more research into the problem. McCain hasn't been shy about touting his green credentials on the campaign trail - especially now that he has the Republican nomination sewn up and needs to appeal to independents worried about global warming. At the same...
...ruined; 231 highway bridges and 40 earth dams were damaged. So many underground pipes were twisted and broken that Tangshan's water supply system was disrupted for several months. Some of the mines were flooded, and thousands of workers were trapped in the shafts. Caltech's George W, Housner, a specialist in quakeproof engineering who headed the American group, termed the Tangshan event "the greatest earthquake disaster in the history of mankind." Despite their tremendous losses, the Chinese have faced the task of reconstruction with stoic determination. Today much of the city's industry is reportedly back...
...turns out the lowest approval ratings in Cambridge don’t belong to George W. Bush. Instead, that honor goes to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) e-mail client, Webmail. In a recent survey, only two percent of undergraduates stated that they were very satisfied with Webmail, compared with 23 percent who reported being very dissatisfied. This widespread discontent has triggered a mass exodus from the Webmail interface to other clients, in particular Google’s free and convenient service, Gmail. In 2008, 58 percent of Harvard undergraduates used Gmail as their primary email client...
...hosting his nation's 60th birthday party, but the smile on the face of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he greets VIP guests - including, later this week, President George W. Bush - appears wan and perfunctory. It's hard to be the life of the party when you're facing a criminal investigation...