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Before the Undergraduate Council’s (UC) founding in 1982, one of the crowning achievements of previous student governments at Harvard had been securing free toilet paper for residents of the River Houses. As the College’s first officially recognized and funded student government, the UC exercised powers unknown to its predecessors...
...mountains. The northern district of Garhwal, bordering Tibet, is the largest region and is the most popular with visitors due to its many holy places. One such site, Gangotri, is dedicated to the goddess Ganga, whose temple is located just below the Gaumukh glacier, the source of the sacred river Ganges. Garhwal also boasts two World Heritage sites: the Valley of Flowers, which erupts every spring into a carpet of colorful blooms, and Nanda Devi, the second highest peak in the Indian Himalayas. For environmental reasons, the peak has been off limits to climbers since the early 1980s...
...Shivalik foothills. This 201-square-mile (520 sq km) reserve offers some of the country's best chances to catch a glimpse of the elusive and endangered Bengal tiger. But if you would rather make your own arrangements, simply book one of the 10 cottages at the Hideaway River Lodge, www.corbetthideaway.com, right in the middle of the jungle. Rates start from $375 a night, which includes meals, safaris, fishing, park fees and a naturalist on call...
...million stateside; last year, the Coens' No Country for Old Men got no prize at Cannes, then earned nearly $75 million on domestic screens (plus $86 million abroad), and won the brothers three Oscars, including for Best Picture. Such Academy-nominated hits as L.A. Confidential and Eastwood's Mystic River also got snubbed on the Côte d'Azur; and Brokeback Mountain was actually rejected for the festival competition. So, for ambitious American movies, getting canned at Cannes may be more a good-luck charm than the kiss of death...
...there is another port, across the continent from L.A., where things look a lot different. Stand on River Street in the old Georgia city of Savannah, and the big ships you see squeezing out to sea through the narrow river channel actually float lower than the ones coming in. They're full of exports...