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...they pull poses and pretend to fight over their multitude of trophies for a photo shoot. With not only the Ivy League Championship but also the NCAA Championship under their belts, they have something to celebrate.And at the edge stands the man who made it all happen. Peter Brand, head coach of the Harvard fencing program since 1999, has overseen an almost miraculous turnaround in the sport’s fortunes at the University. When he arrived in Cambridge, Harvard fencing was a relative nonentity on the national map. Now, however, thanks to a mix of Brand?...
...brought against Viswanathan earlier this year, had occurred at a lesser-known university, they would not have created the same “national fervor.”Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba also says that the controversy has drawn so much attention because of the “brand name” that Harvard carries. In addition, Verba says that the $500,000 advance given to Viswanathan for her two-book contract added to the media attention.CHEATING IS STILL RAREWhile these incidents show that speculation of cheating occasionally come to the surface at the College, several professors say that...
...this fast worrying about what we supposedly can't do." That might smack of excessive exuberance, if not for the gains Koné has made in the six short years since he founded Airness - a name borrowed from U.S. basketball star Michael Jordan to reflect Koné's brand motto "ever higher, ever stronger." Koné started in 1999, selling sweatshirts sporting the Airness name and slinking-panther logo around the [an error occurred while processing this directive] northern Paris housing projects where he lived. He has since developed a clothing and sports line that has grown at least...
...support the President's deficit spending. Democrats were so split over Iraq that House minority leader Nancy Pelosi couldn't settle on any national leader to give the party's response to President George W. Bush's State of the Union address last winter. She instead turned to a brand-new Governor, Tim Kaine of Virginia, who was better known for his views on traffic and suburban sprawl than on national security...
...result is the Calla chair, a pistil-shape foam-and-aluminum piece that will retail for a cool $925 and, like the Bugaboo, will come in customized colors. Similarly, Philippe Starck has applied his eye to strollers, portable high chairs and diaper bags for McLaren, the popular British stroller brand. Designers like David Netto have found their niche giving such nursery staples as cribs and changing tables a Modernist edge. Entrepreneurs are getting in on the action too. P'kolino founders Antonio Turco-Rivas and J.B. Schneider have hired Rhode Island School of Design students to help them conceptualize practical...