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Yolen and Teague, whose How Do Dinosaurs ... ? books are becoming a popular series, begin with a catalog of mealtime malefactions that unfortunately will be familiar, at least in part, to any parent. Belches and makes rude noises. Fidgets and squirms in his chair. Bubbles his milk. Sticks beans up his nose. But the question mark is crucial. The authors answer the question of whether a dinosaur really eats this way by saying no, then showing a sequence of model dino decorum at the table: calm, polite and cheerful. "He never drops anything/ Onto the floor./ And after he's finished...
...wanted to see it accelerated.” Research at the institute uses genetic data from the recently completed human genome project to better understand the underlying chemistry of disease. One current project is attempting to build an inhibitor for every human gene, and researchers just completed a catalog of human genetic variation called the Haplotype Map. “I’m just a humble social scientist so I don’t understand all of this,” said Summers during his remarks, “but I am an economist and I know that...
MAIL-ORDER DRESSES Wish you could just order a wedding gown from your favorite catalog? J. Crew has a collection of simple and sophisticated dresses for brides and bridesmaids, from...
...home was introduced in 1908 by Sears Roebuck, with the parts shipped by railcar. Price: $1,500 to $1,800 for the popular bungalow style. "An ideal cottage for a summer home," proclaimed the catalog copy. Since then generations of architects have taken a crack at improving on the kit concept. Among the most recent are Douglas Gauthier and Jeremy Edmiston of SYSTEMarchitects in New York City. Their take is called the Parish House, and a century after Sears, they used computer design and manufacturing. The result: a three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,000-sq.-ft. bungalow that costs...
...Steven Pinker fielded and addressed faculty members’ questions.Six more professors then spoke, though none of the committee members took the opportunity to respond to their comments, despite urging from Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby.At yesterday’s meeting professors also formally approved the course catalog for the 2006 Summer School.—Staff writer William C. Marra can be reached at wmarra@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff writer Sara E. Polsky can be reached at polsky@fas.harvard.edu...