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...importance? Despite every effort and argument, there is no way to know what century Abraham lived in, or even whether he actually existed as a person. (If he did live, it would have been between 2100 B.C. and 1500 B.C., hundreds of years before the date most historians assign to the actual birth of the religion called Judaism.) But Abraham represents a revolution in thought. While he is not a pure monotheist (he never suggests that other gods do not exist), he is the Ur-monotheist, the first man in the Bible to abandon all he knows in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legacy of Abraham | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

Program director Kristin M. Garcia ’05 said that without more volunteers, the program may be forced to take on fewer students and to assign more than one student to each tutor—moves she said would be detrimental to the program...

Author: By Faryl Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PBHA Experiences Volunteer Shortage | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

HSPH researchers cooperated with Muhimbili University College of Health Services in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to randomly assign 1,000 HIV-infected pregnant women in Tanzania to groups taking either vitamin A, multivitamins excluding A and including B, C, and E, multivitamins including A, or a placebo...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Link Found Between Vitamin A, HIV Transmission to Infants | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...just engage in normal conversation? Or do you broach new topics? Or spend the entire time reminiscing? Time becomes more precious than ever in the final hours, and it’s nearly impossible to say farewell to everyone near and dear. So is there blame to assign? Guilt to suffer? And even if you plan for a final goodbye, it’s inevitable that you will run into the other person again before you actually take off. So do you hug once more? Repeat the same sweet nothings? Confirm that the contact information you gave the first time...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: Don't Say Goodbye | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

After eight months during which he seemed to float happily beyond the reach of his critics, George W. Bush found himself in danger of sinking last week. As clues and warnings about the Sept. 11 plot came to light and the need to assign blame grew stronger, fingers began pointing toward the White House. Bush was in an unaccustomed position--on the defensive against the Democrats, who seemed more energized than they had been in a year. But he responded with a counterattack that turned out to be a dazzling example of Bush Family Combat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind All the Finger-Pointing | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

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