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...recent months, though, he has moved up the rankings, largely thanks to his work with Russian ice-dancing coach Tatiana Tarasova, who two years ago came out of retirement to oversee Kulik's career. Last summer she put him on a regimen of cycling, running and weight lifting to bolster his conditioning. In December, Kulik, who has never won a world championship, defeated Stojko and Eldredge in Munich at the Champions Series final...
...elderly man develops macular degeneration, a disease that destroys vision. To bolster his failing eyesight, he receives a transplant of healthy retinal tissue--cloned from his own cells and cultivated in a lab dish...
This seems like an unnecessary and improper bolster for Science Core classes. With this decision, the Faculty Council is forcing those who are not exempt to take Science Core classes even when they have passed A.P. tests in science that are recognized by the science departments as comparable to their introductory classes. Furthermore, though it is undergoing change, it is often unclear what the objective is for a science Core class and how these goals differ from A to B. This lack of clarity often leads to either a very limited or very facile reach in a class meant...
DIED. HASTINGS KAMUZU BANDA, 90s, Malawi's self-proclaimed President-for-Life whose idiosyncratic tenure was ended by democratic elections in 1994; in Johannesburg. After his country won freedom from Britain in 1964, Banda delayed Africanization and curried favor with apartheid South Africa to bolster the economy...
...result is a hagiography of sorts, but never a breathless one. A wealth of informative detail and an abundance of anecdote bolster even Benfey's boasts in his new book, Degas in New Orleans, a fascinating if flawed evocation of a grand moment in a magnificent city...