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What Ian Said

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:29:34 GMT

To give him the benefit of the doubt, one could say that things were OK when Summers was still at Harvard and that he might have changed trajectory had he stayed there a bit longer...
Source: The Agonist | thoughtful, global, timely

When Does a Statute of Limitations Begin?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:09:35 GMT

Below, Akin Gump’s John Wittenzellner previews Merck & Co. , Inc. v. Richard Reynolds, one of two cases to be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday, November 30.
Source: SCOTUSblog

How to Study a Superpower

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:01:17 GMT

By Arch Puddington The disintegration of the Soviet Union is today regarded by most of the world as an unalloyed good: the overdue collapse of a system that was incubated in terror and maintained by a vast police-state apparatus.
Source: Wall Street Journal

Terps Topple Harvard, 2-0

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:01:03 GMT

Crimson defender Smith nearly cut Maryland's lead in half with nine minutes remaining in the match, but MacMath made a leaping save to knock the ball over the cross bar. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
Source: The University of Maryland Terrapins - Official Athletic Site

China tries to fix crumbling health care system

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:52:28 GMT

Such horror stories prompted the government to launch a three-year, 850-billion-yuan ($124-billion) effort earlier this year to rebuild the crumbling health care system. China once provided rudimentary but universal care to everyone.
Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: Star Trek Weddings On Thanksgiving Weekend? Live Long and Prenup! [Altarcations]

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:51:38 GMT

Don't mistake a tryptophan coma for Phyllis Nefler's mellow; Thanksgiving weekend involves sitting in Mama Nefler's basement and packing a round of the NYT Weddings & Celebrations.
Source: Gawker

Inside a childs brain

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:50 GMT

: Figuring out if a kid has autism can be tricky. Most clinicians rely on behavioural characteristics to make a diagnosis.
Source: Expressindia.com

Reasoning beyond intuition

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:11:22 GMT

To do that, the tool we need is the computer..
Source: Hindu Business Line

Won Buddhism of Boston - The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:58:30 GMT

Quoted in 'Swimming & Diving: Princeton victorious in opening Ivy meet'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:36:20 GMT

said in Daily Princetonian:

When it comes down to it, the HYP meet and Ivy League conference meet are always going to be close between Harvard and Princeton ... It’s literally been us and Harvard going back and forth with championships for 17 years.

Quoted in 'Daily Sprout'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:46:16 GMT

said in Earth2Tech:

On November 30th, hundreds of middle school students and teachers will assemble at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, along with untold thousands of their electronically-linked peers, to take part in a giant show-and-tell webcast featuring

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:44:19 GMT

In this photo released by Harvard University, Professor of Genetics Jack W. Szostak is seen in his home in Boston Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 after learning he won a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:44:19 GMT