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...mass-produced A581 - launched in July 1958 and adorning many Chinese wrists until its discontinuation in 1967. Millions of A581s were made, which means that today they are relatively easy to pick up in Shanghai curio stores from about $15 (variations in dial color and casing style will affect the price). Chan is also a fan of the A623, launched in 1963 and the first Shanghai watch with a calendar function. The A623 was not available to the general public but only provided to high-ranking government and military officials - a fact that lead to its nickname of "the minister...
...field of a Harvard section.BOYS WILL BE BOYSIt isn’t a secret that a certain amount of gender stereotyping occurs during high school—especially at a testosterone-jammed all-boys prep school. And this stereotyping, that is frequently exacerbated at single-sex schools, can oftentimes affect a student’s college career. Alexander M. Fuller ’10, who attended Belmont Hill School, an all-boys private school in Belmont, Mass., notes that the typical male stereotype definitely had a presence on his high school campus. “You are required to play...
...said Alex B. Lipton ’11. Facebook declined to comment about the new chat feature and Google did not return requests for comment yesterday evening. Several students expressed general disinterest in Facebook’s latest addition. “It doesn’t really affect me,” said Enrique R. Hernandez ’08 who said he does not use any online chat services. Tyler G. Hall ’11 said the new Facebook feature is the latest attempt by technology giants to stay on the cutting edge. “It?...
...change could fundamentally weaken global public health, that doctors need to be ready to deal with the consequences - and that there is a moral case to be made for reducing carbon emissions to save future lives. "If you look at climate change over the long term, it will profoundly affect the pillars of public health: water, sanitation, air quality and sufficient food," says Dr. David Heymann, Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment at WHO. "The fact is that human health should be at the center of the political debate on climate change, but right now that...
...that American secularization is proceeding at an "accelerated pace." But he insists that there is a "much clearer and implicit sense" in the U.S. than in Europe of a morality "bequeathed by Christianity." He has also given earnest thought to the mechanics of this civil religion, specifying that to affect the moral consensus, it is not enough for Catholics to rub shoulders with other Christians; they must translate their concerns from doctrinal language into a "public theology" accessible...