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Tokyo developer Minoru Mori doesn't shy away from big projects. Coming swiftly in the wake of his successful Roppongi Hills development is the massive Omotesando Hills omotesandohills.com retail and residential complex, designed by Tadao Ando, the Japanese architect famous for his grand public buildings. Despite the plain concrete exteriors that are a staple of his work, Ando has managed to pay homage to the old apartment buildings the development has controversially replaced, with one section not only resembling the original facades, but also including a Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel...
Since Harvard’s divestment from PetroChina one year ago, Sinopec’s involvement in the Sudan has grown substantially. Though the exact relationship is complex because of a web of partnerships and holding companies, it is well established that Sinopec is a partner in Petrodar, which began to drill for oil in the Sudan early this year, with production expected to rise to 250,000 barrels per day by the end of the year. In the Petrodar venture, Sinopec is a partner with both the Sudanese government and the Chinese National Petroleum Company, the parent company...
...question of where Harvard should draw the line regarding divestment is complex and the answer involves many human judgment calls. Both our own judgment and Harvard’s precedent, however, make it clear that holding shares in Sinopec fell clearly on the side of divestment. Harvard’s endorsement of this position is reason for brief celebration before we recommit ourselves to ending the genocide in Sudan once...
...jarring interaction with the young Malcolm in the beginning of “Strivers Row,” sends Dove on an existential crisis; he revives his old and emotionally complex practice of “passing” as white in prestigious institutions throughout New York City. Meanwhile, Dove loses the support of his congregation and even his usually sympathetic wife...
...first loves Henry because she too wants to be a concert pianist, and she sees some of her own troubles reflected in his wild persona (and according to her shrink, she is also acting out some form of Oedipal complex). Marian follows, and begins to obsess over him too, even though she doesn’t really feel the same attraction. Val and Marian clip articles about him from the society papers and stalk his concerts at Carnegie Hall...