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University President Lawrence H. Summers has taken an active interest in the College since he arrived as president a year-and-a-half ago. He appointed Kirby, and has pushed forward a broad-based review of the curriculum...
...popular or worthwhile than that of a station under local ownership. Classical music, for instance, went off the air in Miami after the then-current classical FM station was bought out by the Cox conglomerate, which changed the station’s format to techno music. After a year-and-a-half, classical is back on the Miami airwaves—to the pleasure of many devoted listeners—on an locally owned AM channel. Should the new channel be bought out, however, classical music might again disappear from the city—this time forever...
...Then again, why should he work? He was a showman who had 18 great months, from early 1956 through "Jailhouse Rock" in 1957 - a year-and-a-half of musical artistry and social impact rarely matched in pop culture - followed by 20 years of treading water in a gold pond. Followed by 25 years, the dead years, in which his reputation is restored. His estate earns 10, 20 times more than he did when he was alive. His albums, as we used to call them, often sell better. In his first miracle year, 1956, America's hottest star received...
...circumstances of your arrest differ this time? The first time around I spent a year-and-a-half in solitary confinement, under constant interrogation between my arrest and my trial. It was terrifying and mentally exhausting. In 1998 I decided I didn't owe the authorities any explanations, and I didn't answer a single question. The sentencing process only took a month and I entered jail feeling much more at peace...
Samuel Myat San ’06 applied to Harvard as a senior in junior college back home in Singapore. Admitted under early action, the 18-year-old Myat San deferred his acceptance, opting instead to spend a year-and-a-half seeing the world, getting in shape, making friends and, oh yes, learning how to use grenades...