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...temporary beneficial effect on agriculture. Like people, plants generally prefer warmth to cold, and they may flourish with rising levels of CO2. But research from Wolfram Schlenker at Columbia University shows that, as average temperatures continue to warm, those benefits dwindle and eventually reverse, and crop yields begin to decline. "It simply becomes too hot for the growing plants," says Naylor. "The heat damages the crops' ability to produce enough yield...
...recovering addict is multiplied eightfold. While each of Denizet-Lewis' subjects have compelling enough tales of their own, the format that America Anonymous takes - cutting back and forth between stories - creates a numbing, circular feeling as many of the addicts go to treatment, relapse, self-flagellate, and then begin the process anew. If the author was purposefully trying to mimic the maddening cycle of addiction in the book's structure, he succeeded...
...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us begin with the question, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived...
...United States of America. At the same time, hundreds of Harvard students will be sitting down in large lecture halls readying themselves to take their fall term examinations—45 minutes earlier than expected. The change in time of morning exams on Jan. 20—exams will begin at 8:30, not 9:15—is the result of a compromise the administration has struck with the student body so that students can watch Obama be sworn into office. Some students said they are not pleased with the change, which was announced on Thursday. James R. Colombe...
...Head, and Harvard rock band Start, Go! is warming up on stage. Over the lively buzz of conversation, and with the smell of french fries in the air, the five band members jam on their instruments and adjust sound levels.Finally, 20 minutes after the show was slated to begin, the black-clad lead singer, Chris XX. Powers, steps up to the microphone. “Hello everybody! How are you all doing tonight?” he says. The audience responds enthusiastically.Powers announces that the first song they will perform, entitled “Honest,” will...