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...from the Harvard presidency last February, the University’s top governing board asked Derek C. Bok to take the reins while the school searched for a new leader. Bok, of course, agreed to take the job—but he refused to take a paycheck from the world??s richest university...
...school tapped Cambridge graduate Nick Cavalla—currently chief investment officer of Man Global Strategies, one of the world??s largest hedge fund companies—to be its first professional in-house manager. Cavalla will be responsible for selecting external managers in a role similar to that of Yale University’s David F. Swensen, who has been advising Cambridge on the transition...
...many candidates in the running for the top job at the world??s richest university, getting the nod would come with a sizable...
...current Iraq War, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, the larger conflict between the West and the Muslim world??these things are decidedly unfunny. The few jokes that are made about these taboo topics are as often met with uneasiness as they are with laughter. For example, enterprising cartoonists, who would depict the Prophet Muhammad, face resistance not only from radical Muslims but also from largely un-amused Westerners...
...shadows. So far, so good. But as the “camera”—all footage was captured in-game, as Microsoft gleefully points out—pans down on the first shot, the plaintive piano melody of Gary Jules’ “Mad World?? wafts into the scene. Originally performed by synth-rock legends Tears for Fears, Jules’ version of the song is most famous for its use at the end of cult classic film “Donnie Darko.” Its unabashed sentimentality and total abstention from...