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Radcliffe College announced a $3 million matching fund--a boon to the 119-year-old institution's $100 million current capital campaign--on the same day as the Hauser gift...
...those dreams eventually came true (space-travel perception: vacation on the moon; space-travel reality: a bunch of Russians stuck for months in a ratty old orbiter) may have dulled people's appetites for looking further forward. We like our microwave ovens, and cell phones are surely a boon to the self-important, but hasn't real life become messier as it's become easier...
...sheer variety of goods on sale seems to indicate that seniors find the sale tradition a boon. Participation in organized sales is high, and many seniors take their own initiative when not privy to such organization...
...ANOTHER BOON FOR THE BREAST Just weeks after tamoxifen was shown to prevent breast cancer, early reports raise hope that another drug, raloxifene, may do the same--without increasing the risk of uterine cancer...
...also defended Harvard's attitude about theimportance of Faculty research, saying that ratherthan detracting from undergraduate learning--asalleged in the report--a professor's research maybe a boon to undergraduates seeking to learn onthe cutting edge...