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Lightning may not strike twice, but Bill Bryson, the serial memoirist, seems to have struck again with what appears to be recollections of his exciting 1950s childhood. The cover shows a well-worn and moth-eaten sweater with a yellow lightning bolt hanging on a clothesline. Does Bryson know that the “thunderbolt” is actually a lightning bolt? The cover is ambiguous in that regard, though as the author of “A Short History of Nearly Everything,” I suppose Bryson should know. Either way, it is funny to imagine the over...
...political clout these large firms wield, yielding favorable government treatment--everything from default forgiveness on bank loans to airbrushing competition regulations. Their heft makes them effective bullies. After Fox took office in 2000, promising a new era, several younger Cemex execs decided to take him at his word and struck out on their own, competing against their former employer by importing cheaper cement from Russia. Their boat got tied up in every port, and after months of harassment, they took their business to Africa. Oligopolistic pricing is so pronounced in some sectors--like telecom, dominated by Carlos Slim...
...sense of urgency,” Solley said. “We knew that time was winding down.” Shortly after play resumed, Johnston deftly stole the puck and rocketed it past Cornell goalkeeper Jenny Niewsluchowski for a 3-1 lead. Nine seconds later, Harvard struck again. Freshman defenseman Kathryn Farni passed the puck to Solley, who shot from the right circle towards the upper right corner of the goal. Niewsluchowski—perhaps stunned by the sudden onslaught—failed to make the save. “They caused us a lot of trouble, they...
...Undergraduate Council moved to address “unsafe conditions” facing pedestrians travelling to and from Dunster and Mather Houses, four days after a Dunster sophomore was struck by a car and briefly hospitalized. The measure passed by the council last night calls for a crosswalk at the intersection of Mount Auburn and DeWolfe streets, near Tommy’s Value and Daedalus Restaurant, where an undergraduate, Madeline I. Shapiro ’09, was hit by a car Wednesday. The council sought another crosswalk at the intersection of DeWolfe, Mill, and Grant streets outside of Leverett Towers...
...French journalist and politician; in Fécamp, Normandy. In 1953 Servan-Schreiber co-founded L'Express, building it into the nation's most influential newsweekly. A devout reformist, Servan-Schreiber used L'Express to champion French decolonization and to back politicians who promised change. In 1970 Servan-Schreiber struck out into politics on his own-winning legislative and regional seats-and in 1974 briefly served as Reform Minister under President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...