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...return to the water when he meets his first challenge as captain in this weekend’s Head of the Charles. The Crimson’s varsity crews will compete with almost all of the other crews in the league, and a strong performance could make a bold statement to the rest of the field. Nothing would make Overington happier. “I really like rowing—just practicing, training, and racing,” Overington said. “Most importantly, I like winning races—it’s probably the best feeling...
...this the moment the European Union's ambitious climate change agenda unraveled? At the end of the two-day E.U. summit in Brussels Thursday, European leaders congratulated one another on their bold bank rescue plans. But the mutual backslapping might have provided perfect cover for a retreat from their long-standing commitment to reduce Europe's overall CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels...
...taste more?“Supertasters” are those who experience heightened sensations from food and beverages. They are extra sensitive to bitter tastes, textures, carbonation, and spice; tend to avoid foods such as spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and strong coffee; and often abstain from bitter beers and bold wines. They often refrain from eating rich and fatty foods because they dislike the sensation that slick, creamy foods leave in the mouth. They find the bubbles in carbonated drinks especially irritating. The term “supertaster” was coined in the early 1990s by Dr. Linda Bartoshuk...
...long series of appeals over the past 19 years left the Supreme Court as his last hope to save him from his execution, which was scheduled for Sept. 23. Yet this past Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to hear or even comment on the case—a bold statement by omission that reinforces our contention that the death penalty is flawed. The applicability of the death penalty is unjustifiable given the extreme uncertainty in the case of Davis, or in any case for that matter. So long as a fallible justice system remains, the death penalty will...
...school hopes to bring the best and brightest educators into its classrooms—a logical response to the large body of empirical research that suggests that teacher quality is one of the most important factors in students’ success. Whether or not this bold experiment in education will prove successful remains to be seen. But regardless of the outcome, The Equity Project—the brainchild of recent Yale graduate Zeke M. Vanderhoek—represents a sharp rebuke to the culture of complaisance and mediocrity that has paralyzed the American education system. Obviously, these prodigious salaries, which...