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Each week we receive about 1,400 letters to the editor from readers eager to share their opinions on the events, people and trends that affect our world. Some letter writers are happy with our coverage, and some aren't. Here are the cover stories that generated the most mail...
...decades. Next is the theft of time: More driving means more hours in the car, especially with traffic worsening. The population of extreme commuters - those who travel 90 minutes or more each way - has hit 3.5 million, double the number in 1990. But the worst effects - the ones that affect us all - are environmental. As long as the car is central to the American lifestyle - one we're in the process of exporting to developing countries like China - making the necessary, drastic cuts in carbon emissions will be very difficult. "What is causing global warming is the lifestyle...
...research team, which includes three sociology professors and two Harvard graduate students, is trying to better understand how students form social ties and whether factors such as race, gender, or personal interests affect relationship formation. The project was initiated in March 2006 and is slotted to continue until...
...Although choosing local strawberries or pears at college is not quite as simple as it is at home, where you can buy food at your local grocery store, students still have the power to affect gastronomic change at Harvard. HUDS chooses our breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for us, trying to satisfy a wide diversity of tastes on campus. This does not mean, though, that we should sit complacently as the dining hall staff fills our trays with food from California or Mexico. HUDS values the desires of the student body as a whole, inviting undergraduates to “offer...
...remain especially conscious of an effort to make sure everyone eligible can vote, just not at the expense of potential voter fraud. Those two competing interests are at issue in a federal voter registration lawsuit argued this week, and expected to be decided next week, in Gainesville, which could affect whether tens of thousands of citizens who reside in the state will have their vote count in upcoming elections...