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...desktop sign THE BUCK STOPS HERE--custom-ordered by a friend who saw a similar one at an Oklahoma reformatory--came to symbolize HARRY S TRUMAN'S resolute leadership. The back read, "I'm from Missouri," his home state...
...will be similarly improved, with updated electronics and materials. It too will be a larger ship than its predecessor, big enough to carry all four astronauts down to the surface while the mother ship idles empty in lunar orbit. That not only gets the most bang for the exploratory buck but also eliminates the lonely specter of the single astronaut who used to be left to mind the orbiter while the others went prospecting below...
...little, it does little in return. When the College marshals the manpower of several hundred upperclassmen, it should set a level of expectation commensurate with their desire to help freshmen. We hope that the Student Advisory Board that meets to decide the fate of freshmen advising will buck this Staff’s position and ask for a greater commitment from the body of individuals eager to interact with and aid freshmen. Doing this means combining the functions of social and academic advising into one comprehensive program. Dividing the academic and social realms of advising will confuse freshmen and duplicate...
...Haggis has to consider himself lucky that his film has even a chance at Best Picture, considering the odds against it. Crash was shot in late 2003 and early 2004 on a pinchpenny $6.5 million budget--a pretty amazing bang for the buck, given its handsome look, huge cast and dozens of locations. During the shoot, Haggis suffered a heart attack. "I think it was my mom's fault: bad genes," he says wryly. "We stopped shooting for two weeks while I recovered from the surgery. It wasn't that big a deal." When Crash premiered, at the 2004 Toronto...
...architect of the College’s History of Science undergraduate program will retire this semester after a four-decade academic and administrative career which included 30 years at Harvard. Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer Peter Buck, who began teaching at the College in 1966, has been involved with the department over a period that saw considerable growth. Franklin L. Ford Professor Steven Shapin—who co-taught the History of Science sophomore tutorial with Buck the past two fall semesters—spoke highly of his departing colleague. “I think the world...