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...finals, which are sent to the host university, while away from Harvard. “The only downside of my experience was taking my January finals in Florence, although it’s certainly not insurmountable,” Flader says. “Because Harvard’s calendar doesn’t match up with that of most other schools, I had to study for exams right after I arrived, when I wanted to explore my new surroundings...
...Borrowing money to come is prohibited, although many do.) Having performed the Hajj becomes a lifelong distinction celebrated with an honorific: I can now call myself Hajji Maseeh Rahman. And the Hajj is done en masse during one five-day period in the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Two million faithful have come to Mecca this year from virtually everywhere - Bosnia, the Ivory Coast, Michigan - and it feels like the most interesting year to be a Hajji since 1183, when a band of Crusaders tried crashing. It's been a rough year for far-flung Muslims, often minorities...
Three movies with pop-star leads could give some fizz to the current lackluster release schedule. On Hollywood's calendar, January and February are the Dumpster months; it's where to put films that are not for critics, Academy members or people over 15. Or, in this case of the Britney and Mandy movies, guys. Crossroads and A Walk to Remember are old-fashioned chick flicks: one a gal-bonding movie, the other a love story very much like Love Story. Way back, these were prominent genres, giving juicy roles to a galaxy of female stars. Now women's pictures...
...Washington, for its part, has worked to move China policy beyond crisis-management. The most important step: Taking annual reviews of the relationship off the political calendar. Until the Clinton administration changed this a couple of years ago, there would be an escalation of tension when China's Most Favored Nation trade status came up for review and the U.S. threatened sanctions over human rights abuses or intellectual-property piracy or the sale of weapons. None of those concerns has gone away, and important differences remain. But they're now being pursued in a less confrontational way. And that...
Each student can only request one ticket per event for any student-sponsored activity on the Harvard Box Office’s calendar...