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...rather than await the board's judgement on the old proposal and risk a total rejection of its plans, Harvard has chosen to add months to its design process--which is already approaching its third year--by beginning anew...
...hers and those of visitors who have no familial relationship with the people honored yet feel the various powers of the place, nonetheless. Not long ago, Americans wanted to tear down evidence of mass horrors; the initial thought with Columbine High School was to obliterate the school and start anew--America's old, insistent, forward-looking impulse. Now there are plans to create a permanent memorial in a park alongside the school. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington consecrate ordinary people and offer places where ordinary people can reach a personal understanding...
However, fathers need not regard paternity leave as a temporary sacrifice, that in a long-term utilitarian calculus will ultimately pay-off when they can connect to their kids during those trying years of teen angst. Instead, they should give themselves the chance to see the world anew through a baby's eye. And that enlightened vision should include rethinking their own roles in family interaction...
Here's the essence of it, gang: stocks that soar can also plummet. Sure, in the long run, high risk usually means high reward, and the techs could climb anew. But the long run can be long indeed, and if you hold only a few stocks, there are no guarantees. You could be wiped out. Even if you own a basket of tech stocks, your nest egg could drop 50% or more in the time it takes to order that new BMW. Spreading investments across asset classes reduces such risk and looks dumb only to the tech cultists...
...Mystic's Amistad was in the works. The ship had long been the stuff of maritime legend, and the folks at the Mystic Seaport--who maintain and exhibit more than 500 historic vessels--figured there was no better way to honor the Amistad story than to build the ship anew. On March 25, the reborn boat will at last be launched. Says Quentin Snediker, the project's coordinator: "This vessel will be part ship and part floating museum...