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...Kansas City Chiefs owner] Lamar Hunt got into the picture... Around the time of the merger negotiations, Hunt saw his son and daughter playing with a new ball from Wham-O that was almost impossibly bouncy. It wasn't such a leap from Super Ball to Super Bowl. Hunt brought it up at an owners' meeting, and -over Rozelle's strong objections-the name stuck." (See the top 10 sports moments...
...very personal experience that brought Melton to stem cells, one that 17 years later he still finds difficult to discuss. When his son Sam was 6 months old, he became ill with what his parents thought was a cold. He woke up with projectile vomiting and before long began taking short, shallow breaths. After several hours, he started to turn gray, and Melton and his wife Gail brought the baby to the emergency room. For the rest of that afternoon, doctors performed test after test, trying to figure out what was wrong. "It was a horrific day," says Melton...
...Professors and researchers across the Medical School praised the legislation for its potential to bring transparency to the school. The issue, brought to the fore by the Biederman allegations, recently prompted HMS Dean Jeffrey S. Flier to announce this month that the school would reassess its conflict of interest policy, which has not been updated since...
...from the beginning was that the ability to learn from practitioners of politics would be important to undergraduates,” Purcell said. “It has always been separate from the normal academic offerings at Harvard.” The fellowship program began in 1966 and has brought numerous politicians, journalists, and public servants through the doors of the IOP. Fellows are chosen by IOP staff in conjunction with a student advisory committee, which takes the lead in developing a list of possible fellows, Purcell said. Rose B. Styron—a poet, journalist, and activist who will...
...help is not enough and worry about shortages and increasing hardships, especially evictions. In December, a citizens' group faxed a letter to state and federal leaders that said, "Postville is a community in turmoil, a broken, hurting place ... If Postville was reeling after the raid, recent events have brought the town to its knees. What happens when a place implodes...