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...Lentz’s resume may be even more impressive. In his breakout sophomore season of 2000, Lentz hit .283 and clinched the All-Ivy spot with his defense. He showcased one of the region’s best arms, nailing 19 of 55 would-be base stealers...
...principle that all public colleges are not the same. Under Romney’s plan, specialized schools such as the College of Art and the Maritime Academy will be given more autonomy. Similarly, UMass-Amherst will have greater control over its own tuition, and will receive a larger base appropriation. Reorganizational cuts like these empower individual universities to follow their own path instead of a cookie-cutter design. For Amherst, increased autonomy allows the college to compete with other distinguished colleges in New England...
...between al-Qaeda and Iraq. During his Feb. 5 presentation to the United Nations, Powell fingered Abu Mousab Zarqawi as the crucial figure, contending that police and intelligence information from recently arrested European terror suspects proves that Zarqawi commanded al-Qaeda terror camps in and around Chechnya from a base in Iraq. But French investigators tell TIME that while they have questioned several suspects who acknowledged being trained in those Chechen camps and who identified al-Qaeda officials they say ran the camps, not a single one mentioned or knew of Zarqawi. "When we heard Powell citing our Chechen-network...
Look at the gravestones for websites peddling financial news: Thestreet.co.uk (falco, geekspeak for "belly-up"), FTMarketWatch.com (quietly falcoed into the Financial Times' main site). But surprise: Breakingviews - a three-year-old, London-based site offering financial commentary, claims to be actually making money. Editor Hugo Dixon, a veteran journalist who wrote the FT's Lex column for many years, says the company made a profit in the fourth quarter of last year and expects one this quarter. "We're doing on-the-day financial commentary, focusing on a professional audience," boasts Dixon. "All of those elements are key to allowing...
Indeed, I am certain that Libeskind’s design is aesthetically superior to that of the other finalist. In his preservation of the sunken pit at the base of the towers’ foundation, where the deep slurry walls still hold back the Hudson, there is at least his concession to the incapacity of architectural addition. The most powerful part of his design is that in which he has done nothing. In the pit, there are few flourishes. There is only Libeskind’s realization that the solemn ruins of death are made banal by calling attention...