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...grandfather of horror/fantasy/sci-fi recently died. Much like him, you have a second home, in Los Angeles, almost completely devoted to horror memorabilia. Did you know him well? He was a huge influence in my life. When I was a kid, I actually wrote him a letter asking him to adopt me. Unfortunately, my father found the letter before I could mail it and he gave me quite a belting. But Forrey and I saw each other many times over the years. I was lucky enough to be a speaker at his tribute about a month ago. My library home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guillermo Del Toro on Vampires | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...Repeated attempts to adopt a uniform policy across the hospitals have fallen prey to the hospitals’ independence...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Curbing Conflict | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

Studying Telugu. Exploring culinary tradition. Visiting Emily Dickinson’s home in western Massachusetts.These were among the program ideas suggested by a 2005 committee to fill a new three-week January term left open by a 2004 proposal to create one University-wide calendar, a schedule later adopted by Interim University President Derek Bok in 2007 for implementation in the 2009-2010 academic year.But four years later, these opportunities remain unrealized. Instead, the College’s first J-Term next winter will feature limited housing for select individuals, encouraging students to explore off-campus options...

Author: By Bita M. Assad and Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: J-Term Falls Through the Cracks | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...Dershowitz has urged Harvard to adopt a policy to ban any faculty from speaking at places that discriminate while representing the school in any official capacity...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Socially Stratified | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Friday morning, the government is expected to adopt a set of guidelines to fight the flu at the recently established Headquarters for Countermeasures Against Influenza A (H1N1) in Tokyo. The new guidelines will be a modification of an existing plan created to counter the more virulent H5N1 virus, known as avian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Japan, Swine Flu Spreading Quickly | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

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