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...busy siphoning off money from soft sciences like “physics” and “chemistry” you may fear that we are ignoring an even more neglected group: the Dwarf Studies Department. The fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin” or dwarf cinema classic Willow would be perfect for conference courses. And what about the effects of dwarfish imperialism on Keebler elf poetry? The philosopher race that are the Oompa-Loompas? The lines of intellectual inquiry are almost endless...
...high point for Harvard came with sophomore Anna McLoon’s ninth-place finish in the women’s 10k classic race on Friday. McLoon posted a time of 34:15.5, and was the only Harvard athlete to finish in the top 30 in any event...
...men’s 10k classic saw senior Boris Granovskiy finish in 53rd place, with classmate Misha Lipatov and sophomore Ross McDonald in 62nd and 63rd place, respectively...
...sent Lay a chummy note on his 55th birthday in 1997 ("Wow! That is really old," Bush wrote. "It's a good thing your wife is so young and beautiful"). But last week in Texas, Bush allies claimed Bush never fully trusted Lay, and they portrayed Lay as a classic cowboy type--all hat and no cattle--a braggart who pretended to enjoy better access to Bush than he really had. "Lay reminds me of one of those boys who shoots in the sky and claims he hit everything that falls," says Mark Stiles, a Democrat and former state legislator...
...became the first elected President of Singapore in 1993; in Singapore. Citing differences of opinion with the government over the role of the President, Cheong decided not to run for a second term three years ago. DIED. GEORGE NADER, 80, 1954 Golden Globe winner and star of 1953 cult-classic Robot Monster; in Los Angeles. Nader's soon-to-be-published book, The Perils of Paul, gives an inside look into Hollywood's gay community. DIED. MAX PERUTZ, 87, scientist who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in chemistry for mapping out the molecular structure of human hemoglobin with colleague John...