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...father (Timothy Hutton), who is physically consumed and financially impotent because of Lyme disease, a consequence of his penchant for hunting. Meanwhile, Scott’s mother (Jill Hennessy) longs for her former life in Queens as she tries to overlook her struggling marriage. Finally, the catalyst of much of the film’s action is the return of Scott’s older brother, Jimmy (Kieran Culkin), from the army. “Lymelife” marches to its own idiosyncratic, internal rhythm—both figuratively and literally, as Steve Martini, the director’s brother...

Author: By Lillian Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lymelife | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard’s Hoffman Laboratory, Pearson and her colleagues discovered that these anaerobic microorganisms survive on iron that leaks out from the bedrock with the help of a sulfur catalyst. The microbes have adapted to the hostile subglacial environment by developing a new life cycle in which they breathe iron through sulfur...

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Microbes Found Living in Glacier | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...outs - Looks like the Crimson beat writers had one thing right - O'Neill is back in at the top of the lineup. Looks like Zollo had a good batting practice, but O'Neill is the catalyst...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE BLOG: Baseball Beanpot - Harvard vs. BC at Fenway Park | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...copies is not a solution to the larger problem of the current guidebooks, print or online. In their current condition, these guides—specifically the Q Guide—need a major reconfiguration, and we can only hope that the shift to an online version will be a catalyst for the necessary improvements. In order to ensure that the print version of the Q Guide will never be missed, the new online version should reinvent the previous guide. First, the rating rubric, which is currently limited to a “1 to 5” scale, should...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Handbooks 2.0 | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...India's Election Commission said in a 10-page report that Varun should be dropped as a candidate because of his "highly derogatory" remarks. The BJP shot back that the EC had no right to make that determination. The party may also have realized that they suddenly had a catalyst to bring supporters out to the election. At first, says Hyderabad-based political commentator Jyotirmaya Sharma, the "BJP didn't know what to do." It was riddled with internal rivalries and without a solid election plank. "Now it's obvious they're delighted about a Gandhi being in the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Dynastic Feud: A Gandhi Who Hates Muslims | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

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