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...reporter because I started to write a column - I guess I'm going into my third year - for the Philadelphia Inquirer and I've learned so much about the business. As you know, it's a really interesting business, particularly in these times. The code word is challenging but it's really gut-wrenching, and those of us who love the printed word wherever it appears worry for its future. So it was interesting to have a heroine who is under a great deal of personal pressure at the same time she is under a great deal of professional pressure...
Just two years after his inauguration, former University President Lawrence H. Summers penned a 5800 word letter to the Harvard community that left no doubt about what sort of a mark he intended to make: Harvard would build itself into an unparalleled center of interdisciplinary research, and it would do so by undergoing an unprecedented expansion. Thrust into prominence as the canvas for the University’s grand vision was the neighboring community of Allston—a city once dominated by railroad stockyards and cattle slaughterhouses that now bore the weight of a new president?...
...world’s oldest continuing international intercollegiate competition, dating back to 1894. The two countries involved trade off hosting each other, and this year, the four teams headed off to New Haven, Conn., for the historical event. “There’s sort of one word that sums it up and that’s tradition,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “There’s a tremendous amount of tradition and history with this meet. This Friday shaped up to be another great competition. I was really pleased with...
...starters, the name of the program—was there too much good stuff for a week? Too little for a month? Or were they just looking for the most pompous title possible? Flyby is pretty sure the word "fortnight" went out of style once it started taking less than that amount of time to get from Independence, Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley...
...matzo fast. Some Jewish community members who didn't make the invite list were a bit miffed at having been, well, passed over. Word got out when an email chain discussing the discontent was accidentally circulated. Said one staffer, “Apparently Jewish [sic] here and in neighboring states are now calling wondering why they have not been invited...