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...would be foolish to say that Hamden has more going on than New York (it doesn’t) or is more diverse (it isn’t) or can provide me with more opportunities (it can’t), but a simplicity pervades it that will never appear in New York. New York doesn’t know how to be simple. The city makes life as easy as possible, offering cabs at every corner and open bars at every hour. It never just stops and examines itself, instead continually barreling forward...
...even a brief, strictly controlled visit yields clues that all is not right in Pleasantville. In recent years, growing exposure to the outside world and the spread of grassroots markets around the country appear to have eroded totalitarian controls and changed mindsets in the doggedly Stalinist state. How much is hard to say. But a Russian scholar on our tour notes that the crowds aren't as passionate as they once were. In the 1980s, ?You could see their eyes shining,? says Andrei Lankov, who lived in Pyongyang in 1984-85. ?People are maybe not learning the truth but (they...
...week after Wyclef Jean did not appear in concert at Harvard, the Undergraduate Council (UC) took steps toward slashing its size by a third and setting up an independent body to coordinate social events. Council leaders, who have hinted at the need for structural change to reduce the likelihood of future ill-planned events, introduced a constitutional amendment at the UC meeting last night. The amendment, if passed by the council two weeks from now, would dissolve the Campus Life Committee (CLC)—one of the UC’s three standing committees?...
...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder advantages. In contrast to stem cells taken from a human embryo, they're ethically uncontroversial. And because they're derived from blood, they appear better suited to forming heart and artery tissue. What's more, there's no risk of rejection by the immune system, according to University of Pittsburgh cardiologist Amit Patel, who has collaborated with TheraVitae to treat patients. The process is surprisingly simple. After arriving in Bangkok, the patient has about...
...submit their ideas to historychannel.com/ invent. Next April, 25 semifinalists will be invited to exhibit what they've come up with at a national design exposition and participate in a daylong seminar with veterans of the invention field. Four finalists will then be selected to receive cash grants and appear on the History Channel. One of those four will be named the 2006 Modern Marvel of the Year champ and receive a $25,000 grant to help bring the winning product to market...