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What do Chairman of Microsoft Corporation William H. Gates III ’77, world-class tennis player James R. Blake ’01, and Booker Prize winning author Margaret E. Atwood MA ’62 have in common, besides a killer forehand? All three luminaries grace “The Harvard 100” list of the most influential alumni, the feature story of the first issue of 02138, an independent magazine for Harvard alumni that is attempting to become the publication of choice for its elite and accomplished community. The official press release gushes that...
...community of thousands of people,” she said. “Even if we decrease consumption by 1, or 2, or 3 percent, it’s already making a huge difference.” Psychology Department administrative staffer Celeste M. Beck, who is William James Hall’s building representative to the Green Campus Initiative, said she is trying to raise awareness of the competition. “It’s a challenge to change behavior, but it does make a difference,” she said. “People think of Harvard...
...small number of disappointed alumni whose children don’t get in on their own merits, and allow all those interested to bid for a small number of spots in the class, subject to a few minimal academic criteria. After all, as Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 is fond of repeating, every student at Harvard can do the work. The benefits of the direct approach are twofold. First of all, it should make more money. Hopefully quite a lot more, since the commodity in question has high social cachet...
...tight ally of President Bush. But he hasn't had a good two years. Many Republicans think he stuck by former House Majority Leader Tom Delay for too long , leaving the party mired in a distracting fundraising scandal. And many Republicans thought his coming to the side of Democrat William Jefferson, whose office was raided by federal investigators pursuing a bribery case, was a colossal blunder. The Foley affair will be a test of how much faith Republicans have in their leader - and whether he can get the story off the front pages...
...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection