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...there is far from a territorial allotment of jobs: Carnesale and Rudenstine consult often. If Harvard weren't the wealthiest University in the world and wasn't able to afford frequent replacements, the carpet between Carnesale and Rudenstine's offices would be worn thin. Rudenstine says that the two visit each other three or four times a day and often talk on the phone...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Adam S. Hickey, S | Title: The Changing of the Guard | 6/4/1997 | See Source »

...explained that if the sun's rays traveled through a magnifying glass, they could create fire. (Later that day I experimented at home and burned off the corners of the "good" carpet.) He also described how light passing through a negative onto a sensitive surface creates a positive image. I was nine and reasoned as follows: if the sun tanned my skin and if it burned through a negative to make a print, my skin might be like photographic paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REMINISCENCES: PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD AVEDON | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...join the alliance. TIME?s Bruce Nelan reports that the Duma games, along with Yeltsin's highly-publicized campaign to present the agreement to Russian voters as a binding treaty that gives Moscow a veto over NATO expansion, may mean NATO leaders will call the Russian President on the carpet at the signing ceremony in Paris on May 27. Despite NATO?s hot denials, Yeltsin continues to insist that NATO has agreed it will never deploy nuclear or conventional forces on the territory of new East European members. "He's upsetting not only NATO members, but prospective members, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yeltsin Muddies The Waters on NATO Agreement | 5/20/1997 | See Source »

...lesser politician would let things slip under the carpet," he says.Photo courtesy of Harvard Athlietic OfficeJOSEPH D. MALONE '78 has been a fighter since his Harvard football days...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Malone Underdog In State Race | 4/30/1997 | See Source »

Lindner received the same red-carpet treatment as some of Clinton's more flamboyant benefactors, including coffee with the President and a night in the Lincoln Bedroom. Last week the WTO panel issued a preliminary ruling in Lindner's favor. When that is made final, Lindner stands to gain millions in revenues from new sales in Europe--a good return on the $2 million in soft money that he and his firms have handed both parties since 1990. Republicans too have supported Lindner's banana crusade. (Lindner and Kantor declined to comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BUSY BACK-DOOR MEN | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

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