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...Unlike the first two Langdon novels, The Lost Symbol (Doubleday; 509 pages) doesn't deal with the history of the Christian church. The mythology Langdon is decoding is that of the Freemasons (whose motto ordo ab chao, order out of chaos, could be Brown's). Langdon is summoned - dude is always getting summoned - to Washington, D.C., by a mysterious phone call that he thinks is coming from his old friend and mentor Peter Solomon, head of the Smithsonian. Langdon thinks he's going to give a speech at a Smithsonian fundraiser at the Capitol building. But when he shows...
...Widener, I can just hang out in the Yard. The good news is I can now show my dad something tangible that Harvard is doing to improve its students’ lives. That’s better than the $75 UC fee I pay every year, an investment whose lofty returns include an email a month and two student appointments to a Nutritional Information Committee. But one thing’s for certain: our Assistant to the Associate Hero has great taste—those chairs sure are cute...
Smith said he will begin today’s meeting with a preview of the annual Dean’s report, which will survey FAS’ financial data for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The report—whose release had been delayed from this past spring to early October—will outline information concerning FAS finances for fiscal year 2009 as well, Smith said at a May faculty meeting...
...first set in a tiebreak, but Tachibana responded by winning the remaining two sets, 6-4, 6-3. This opening tournament, Tachibana’s first college competition, was, in her mind, “pretty good.” Although humble about her win, the Texas native, whose older brother is on the tennis team at Rice, is ecstatic about the team this season.“Holly is a really, really good player,” Tachibana said. “It was a tough match and very competitive....I really like the team at Harvard, and can?...
...weak civilian government also views Iranian influence as a potential foil to that of Saudi Arabia, which has stronger ties with the opposition. Government officials privately accuse the Saudis of being prejudiced toward Zardari because of his Shi'ite background. (Shi'ites are an embattled minority in Saudi Arabia, whose dominant Wahabi strand of Islam deems them heretics.) But Pakistan's response to Iran will ultimately be determined by the all-powerful military establishment. And, analysts say, the army is a great deal more wary of Iran's regional aspirations. "They are not really allies," says Christine Fair...