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...through the annual convention of the United Malays National Organization, or UMNO, could make anyone weepy. But Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad is supposed to be made of sterner stuff, and anyway, he's UMNO's president. Nonetheless, at the convention's closing ceremony last Saturday, the normally steely Mahathir burst into tears, announced he was quitting all his posts and was escorted offstage. The 76-year-old had spent the convention bemoaning the laziness of the country's Malay population, which he's tried to bootstrap into prosperity for two decades. Luckily, his party rejected the resignation. Of course, UMNO...
...When startled, the brain automatically engages an emergency hot line to its fear center, the amygdala. Once activated, the amygdala sends the equivalent of an all-points bulletin that alerts other brain structures. The result is the classic fear response: sweaty palms, rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure and a burst of adrenaline. All this happens before the mind is conscious of having smelled or touched anything. Before you know why you're afraid...
...Harvard burst out of the gates to a 4-0 record, beginning with a 10-9 win at Bucknell in which junior Jay Wich scored four times. After that, the Crimson dispatched Hartford, 11-7, in the season opener at Jordan Field, thanks to hat tricks from senior co-captain Jim Christian and junior attacker Matt Primm...
Like no other class, ours was subject to the dreams of the technology era and the subsequent slap in the face that reality dealt when that bubble finally burst. We were both the beneficiaries and the victims of the technology economy at the turn of the millennium. And despite the condition of our job searches this year, we’ve lived perhaps the most connected and technology-centric lives in the history of Harvard, and it’s been largely to our benefit...
Born in a Burst of Activism