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...Science and Technology” requirement, which aims too low. I think the problem lurks in some of the other sections, but I will leave it to my colleagues in other departments to comment on those.The report introduces scientific knowledge as follows: “Science and technology directly affect our students in many ways, both positive and negative: they have led to life-saving medicines, the internet, more efficient energy storage, and digital entertainment; they also have shepherded nuclear weapons, biological warfare agents, electronic eavesdropping, and damage to the environment.”Well, yes, and I suppose...

Author: By Steven Pinker | Title: Less Faith, More Reason | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...more ethnically diverse communities, respondents were more likely to “hunker down.” Those results held true even when Putnam controlled his study for a host of other factors that might affect trust levels—including gender, education, and income...

Author: By William M. Goldsmith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prof. Disputes Paper’s Portrayal | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...regulations will go into affect for the high school class...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: State Raises MCAS Standards | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...arsenal than it can from bombing a peaceful country. Countries with nuclear weapons should ideally use them to put pressure on other countries rather than explode them and run the risk of retaliation, writes Schelling. He also wonders how America’s changing view of nuclear weapons will affect its use of them. It would have been nice to see such an engrossing topic in the second half of the book...

Author: By Alina Voronov, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: TOME RAIDER: Micromotives and Macrobehavior | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...terms of so-called ?October Surprises? that might affect the election, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that opens the door to gay marriage certainly ranks below the congressional page scandal involving former Florida Rep. Mark Foley. But the decision could be a welcome boost for a White House and congressional Republicans worried about firing up the conservative base of their party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Gay Marriage Ruling Rally the Base? | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

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