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...during the Pyongyang summit, and his acceptance of an invitation to visit Seoul. Either way, he's not about to allow an influx of foreign influences to undermine his country's monolithic Stalinist ideology, so don't expect to see the Golden Arches popping up alongside Pyongyang's Juche Tower anytime soon. Indeed, even the long-term perspective on reunification may be less likely to resemble the two Germanys than the "one country, two systems" under which Beijing reincorporated Hong Kong...
...word: legacy. Remember Radcliffe's leader in the Forties and Fifties, Wilbur Jordan? Seventeen years in office, and all he got were some lousy tract houses on Shepard Street named after him. Nathan Pusey got a pile of books stored underground. If Rudy doesn't snag the Memorial Hall Tower, I say grab it. Or how about the Fineberg Forest? Start brainstorming, Harvey. A presidency is a terrible thing to waste...
...promotion of student-run businesses--through which students may enter the University to gain in profits as well as wisdom--inevitably conjures up the spectre of crass, unlearned, Visigothic commercial interests laying siege to the ivory tower of liberal arts education. However, although it is first and foremost an institution of arts and sciences, the College is aware that most students would like later to find gainful employment. The technology institute may, very much like the Institute of Politics and the Office of Career Services, benefit students by promoting activity in a non-academic field that augments the academic experience...
...Last semester's reconstruction of the Memorial Hall tower was criticized by some students as extravagant, even though the University could not redirect the $4 million targeted gift...
...February 1999 17 - The University announces that it will spend $4 million to restore Memorial Hall's signature tower, destroyed by fire in 1956. The decision draws criticism from student group leaders calling for the construction of a full-fledged student center...