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Recovery after two months of decomposition means many of the cadavers were skeletal, requiring tests to ensure correct identification. "The identification really starts on the scene," says David Hunt, 40, commander of Haiti DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team). "We had anthropologists, pathologists and DNA testing all on hand." Bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Up the Search for Haiti's Last Lost American | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

It's not lack of imagination that has caused this apotheosis of old-school burgers. It's convergent evolution. The best burgers are the simplest. Through painful trial and error, the burger barons have learned that the old ways are the best. And yet, out there, some brilliant young chef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Anyone Improve Upon the Classic Burger? | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

According to a front-cover quote from David McMillan, the author of Escape - another Klong Prem memoir, released in 2007 by the same publisher - Botts "opens his real-life experiences like a knife opening a cadaver." In fact, Botts' account is unharrowing. His description of a prison shack in what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jailhouse Schlock | 1/1/2009 | See Source »

David Macaulay, a bestselling author and illustrator, spoke about the process of writing his newly-released book, “The Way We Work,” which portrays human anatomy through vivid drawings of the inside of the body, at a speech at the Brattle Theater on Friday evening...

Author: By Sarah J. Shareef, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Author Draws on Anatomy | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

Often, poor directorial decisions contribute to the over-dramatization of the actors. In the case of blocking, the lack of acting off center stage makes the rest of the theatre seem cluttered with statues rather than actors. For example, when Titus renounces his children, one would expect his sons to...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Troubling ‘Titus’ In the Ex | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

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