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...divisions that are never hard and fast (soft and slow, rather); they offer lessons about constancy and flux (The Winter's Tale is an affirmation of spring), and show us that there are some things--for all our fears of global warning and a nuclear winter--we cannot much affect. Seasons teach us about transitions, for winter elides into spring as gently as remorse into regret, or adolescence into youth. And just when we assume that winter is gone, an unseasonable blizzard will come down to remind us we were wrong...
...spring in our step or the dying fall in a lover's lament; and the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide in far northern countries is routinely ascribed to the extreme rhythms of three months of white nights giving way to three months of absolute dark. That seasons affect our sense of order is reflected in the fact that doctors speak of seasonal affective disorder. And though the pattern of the skies is still felt on the pulse and in the bones of every farmer and nomad, those of us immured in 14-story office blocks, under fluorescent lighting, need...
...potentially kill people who consume the diseased beef. "The government is muddling through this," says TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. "They don't know which way to turn." Hillenbrand reports that economists project that slaughtering the British cow herd wouldreduce the GDP by as much as 0.5 percent and negatively affect the balance of payments by as much as $3 billion. "Economically, slaughtering the entire herd would be a disaster," says Hillenbrand. The European Union veterinary council is still studying the matter and has not yet decided whether it will enforce a Europe- wide ban. As many as 20 countries have...
Proctor has also been instrumental in the early stages of the Administrative Data Project, a massive effort to unify Harvard's accounting systems. According to Carnesale, Proctor's resignation will not affect the multi-year project as his part of the effort has been largely completed
...European Union's veterinary committee to determine how to respond to what is potentially a Europe-wide threat. Britain's largest consumer organization warned today that the only way to avoid the cattle disease is not to eat British beef. "This finding by the British government will definitely affect the beef trade," says TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. "The continental European countries are now trying to figure out a way of curtailing the import of UK beef and the whole process will have to be reviewed to comply with European Union trade regulation." Hillenbrand reports that the slight change...