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...talented actors remains engaging throughout. The leads’ performances are complemented by the rest of the cast. Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10, who plays George, Callie’s friend with benefits, adds an element of comedy to a play that can, at times, get heavy. Alison H. Rich ’09 also adds comic relief as Mrs. Winsley, a witness to the act of violence that changes the lives of Callie and Sara. While a few of the scenes in the hospital room lag, and detract from the ease of the rest of the show...
...Alison Kraemer ’12 said she was particularly interested to hear Goldstone speak because of her experiences learning about the International Criminal Court as part of Model United Nations in high school...
...dais. He loved the idea that people could stand in his place and be photographed beside two great athletes. He would also agree that Smith and Carlos had done more than enough for civil rights and had spent most of their lives suffering the consequences of their brave actions. Alison McQueen, Christchurch, New Zealand...
Plugging that gap means tapping a university's endowment. That "is no different from U.S. universities," says Alison Richard, vice-chancellor of Cambridge. "But our endowment isn't sufficient, so it's a real stretch." Private donations invested by Yale University are currently worth some $23 billion; the endowment fund of rival Harvard is $35 billion. Dozens of other American universities boast funds valued at more than $1 billion. Even Britain's wealthiest universities are poor by comparison. The central endowment fund at Oxford is about $1.3 billion, and Cambridge's stands at roughly $2 billion. (The universities' individual colleges...
Does dieting even work for kids? Many clinicians say no. "We actually find that children who diet gain more weight than their peers," says pediatrician Dr. Alison Field from Children's Hospital Boston, who has been following the weight-control behaviors of almost 17,000 kids. It's not just that kids who diet tend to gain back the weight later; it's that dieting brings up all sorts of unbidden psychological responses that sabotage the process. After all, self-deprivation is one thing; being told by someone else that you can't eat--even when you feel hungry...