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...University developers. The situation was brought to a crescendo in February when Harvard announced that it would be slowing construction of its Allston Science Complex, which has been slated as the first step towards realizing the University’s 50-year development framework. The slowdown left an especially bitter aftertaste in the mouths of local residents and some City officials, who say they sanctioned an accelerated approval timeline for the project only because the University had insisted that the complex was vital to furthering life-saving stem cell research. Now, with the University planning to temporarily house the Harvard...
Harvard and Yale may be bitter rivals, but on Friday, the two squads teamed up to face Oxford and Cambridge in the 42nd annual staging of a meet that pits two of the top academic institutions in the U.S. against the top two universities in England. The trans-Atlantic meet uses unique scoring system in which the visiting team decides which points system will be used— this year, Oxford and Cambridge chose the “winner-takes-all” system, where only one point is given to the winning team per event, and the Harvard/Yale women...
...oilseed cakes, which provide unsaturated fatty acids that get rid of the hydrogen," Singhal says. Another solution is herbal additives. Some commonly used Indian herbs such as shikakai and reetha, which go into making soap, and many kinds of oilseeds contain saponins and tannins, substances that make for lathery, bitter meals but block hydrogen availability for methogens. Singhal says the herbs are used in small quantities and the cows don't seem to mind the taste. "Imagine how much potential they'd have in the international market," he says. (See pictures of India's biodegradable dishware...
...that Observe and Report isn't going to have the courage to follow the premise to its logical conclusion. As ballsy as the movie is, it has one undescended testicle. It's bound to turn this disturbed cur into an underdog, and then a top dog. The bitter aftertaste that was permitted, in fact encouraged, in '70s movies is virtually verboten today. A feel-good ending is mandatory, even in a comedy like this, which promises to be transgressive because it's the first major-studio job for a director with an underground reputation for being crazy-bold...
...asked for the word at the end of a love letter, except love letter was in French. I put ‘solo’ but the answer was ‘xoxo.’ I just missed qualifying to the finals.RR: Not that you’re bitter about it or anything.DIG: No, but my wife was. That’s why I came here. This is only my second tournament.RR: Impressive! Wow, how long does it take you to do a Sunday New York Times Crossword?DIG: It depends on if I pick up the theme quickly...