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...Britain isn't something you're supposed to fret about. The papers have made historic references to Westminster politicians who liked a drink - with the implied message "at least they didn't rub our faces in it." I certainly don't recall the tabloids savaging then Conservative Party leader William Hague in 2000 when he boasted that he used to down 14 pints of beer in a day. Another difference may lie in the fact that Moss issued a vague apology "to all the people I've let down," and checked herself into rehab. Kennedy's press conference by comparison...
...spring appearance before the Council will largely hinge on when Hammonds releases her group’s recommendations, which Martin expects to come out later this winter.Martin’s examination of the policy, she said, comes primarily in response to an announcement by Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby last May, as well as the May report of the Task Force on Women Faculty, which recommended that a “minimum maternity leave policy” be instituted across the University. That task force was also chaired by Hammonds.At the Council meeting Wednesday, some professors raised...
...myriad openings and closings of businesses in Harvard Square, the environment just outside the borders of our College is becoming a whole lot less distinctive. WordsWorth, a bookstore the Boston Herald noted had “introduced generations of high schoolers to the illicit pleasures of Henry Miller, William Burroughs and Anais Nin,” closed last year. The Brattle Theatre might be gone too, assuming its drive to raise $400,000 by February fails. Without the Brattle, where are all the art snobs going to hook up? And what does it say about the state of local businesses...
...lightning rod for criticism from some alumni and students, including several alumni from the Class of 1969 who blasted the system as inappropriate in letters to University President Lawrence H. Summers. Harvard officials defended the system but eventually capped the managers’ maximum pay in March 2004. William A. Strauss ’69, one of the alumni who signed the letters, assailed Harvard last month for paying managers multimillion-dollar salaries as it continues to raise tuition above the rate of inflation. “We think we should have a very large public discussion about the endowment...
...past term, Sullivan appointed a committee to study the proposal. Sullivan said yesterday that the committee had not worked out the details of how such a system could work. “I think its definitely worth further exploration,” Sullivan said.—Staff writer William L. Jusino can be reached at jusino@fas.harvard.edu...