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Though largely powerless, the overseers in theory supervise the decisions made by the Harvard Corporation, the University's main governing body. And when the Corporation chooses President Neil L. Rudenstine's in the coming year, the overseers must give their consent...
...FRANCISCO--As Widener Library slumbers in the dimness of a year-long renovation, the new San Francisco Public Library shines in the California sun a continent away. For a budding scholar accustomed to Widener's overbrimming stacks, tiny windows and rustic chain-link and gun-metal decor, the glossy Main Library in San Francisco's Civic Center seems like a revelation, the Tiffany's of libraries. Four years ago architectural critics and booklovers alike predicted that the Main would set a new standard for libraries--a spiffy, sparkling alternative to old caverns like Widener. But as the glow of newness...
...million main branch of the San Francisco Public Library, which opened in 1996, was meant to become a literary monument. In contrast to its predecessor, sometimes called "a urinal with books," the new building is architecturally immaculate: The gleaming white-tiled facade is both dignified and contemporary, while inside, a white atrium rises to a huge round skylight that fills the building with light...
...loss of fluids caused by diarrhea especially dangerous. "Oral-rehydration salts are specifically designed to replenish what you've lost," says Dr. Edward Ryan, a tropical-disease expert at Massachusetts General Hospital who co-wrote the article in last week's Journal. "They've saved countless lives." The two main U.S. suppliers are Cera Products (888-237-2598) and Jianas Bros...
...piece of baggage: His ardent and very effective muscling of the China trade bill through the House last month. Gore did some serious tiptoeing to deflect most of the unions' ire onto Clinton, who could afford it; now Gore's got the China bill's - and NAFTA's - main champion as his right-hand...