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...agriculture at various times, and then allowed to regrow in patches. The result: individual stands of similar trees ranging from about 225 years old to just five. "You could do this experiment by measuring a single stand of trees as long as possible," says Parker, "but a scientific career lasts only a few percent of the life of a tree." This way, he explains, you have a snapshot of the same forest at different ages...
...this book is to destroy her husband's political career, then it's almost a mercy killing. The author painstakingly details how their partnership, which started as one in which family values and a desire to make a contribution were shared, came unglued as she stayed at home to raise their children and he focused more on politics. She left her high-powered banking job in New York City and moved to South Carolina for him - willingly, she says. She ran four successful campaigns for him, more or less willingly, for no pay. She spent six years raising their four...
...anxiety of recruiting season has descended upon the campus, but a networking event organized by the Office of Career Services yesterday sought to dispel the pressure to find the perfect job immediately after graduation and encouraged students to keep an open mind when considering career options...
...Rogers, Biega, and the four remaining seniors on the team, the game against Brown—and the eight match-ups following it—mark not only the end of their season, but the end of their career at Harvard...
...Wire” differed in numerous ways from most of the (very) light television I watched, but most striking and powerful was the very human and real nature of the characters and story lines. Spending time at a college where everyone dreams and imagines having a terrific career and making a difference in the world, “The Wire” was a nice reminder that in the real world, happy endings are not a guarantee (or even likely): half-measures are common, and self-interest usually reigns supreme. Neither conservative nor liberal in tone, the show is unabashedly...