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scud: (Belize) to absent yourself from school...
Outside of scientific circles, basic research is oftentimes unheard of and considered "curiosity-driven activities,"as Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) put it. That phrase evokes images of mad scientists pouring together chemicals and creating technological break-throughs such as flubber (flying rubber), as in the 1961 movie "The Absent-Minded Professor." What the phrase ignores is that basic research provides much of the knowledge for cures today. In the very same section of Time that depreciates basic research, the Telomere theory is described, a new theory of aging. This theory suggests that aging is a result of the progressive...
After suffering a shoulder injury in just the first game of the season, Higdon has been absent from the Crimson roster four times and had been unable to tally a point...
...home often lurks in the background. Even in Chicago's relatively tranquil North Shore, dysfunction blooms in a thousand ways. Drew, for instance, a thoughtful 16-year-old junior who began getting high in the eighth grade, has had trouble handling marijuana from the start. He claims that his absent father once had a substance-abuse problem. By the ninth grade, he says, "my priorities were totally screwed up. I didn't even buy the books I needed. I was selling pot in the boys' room...
Twelve candidates are running for president and five for vice president. Only one candidate, Adam D. Green '99, was absent from the debate, held last night in Boylston Auditorium...