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...LIBERATION IS EITHER A JOKE OR A BORE - in the awkward position of identifying Gloria Steinem as "Miss Steinem, editor of Ms. magazine." At that point, even the late language guru William Safire called for surrender. The Times refused on the grounds that the title had not passed into common usage. "We reconsider it from time to time," the editors mused, but "to our ear, it still sounds too contrived for news writing." Only in 1986 did the Times relent; the editors at Ms. sent flowers...
These positives have long been overwhelmed by a school committee without a clear direction and ineffective superintendents that were the result—a common enough occurrence that many experts believe school-board models are themselves unworkable. School committees can succeed at running districts, however, as long they do at least three things: provide extensive political cover for the superintendent; manage the system’s finances effectively; and think creatively, but not intrusively, about curriculum and instructional issues. On these criteria, two of Cambridge’s committee members—Patricia M. Nolan...
Efforts to combat the urgent threat of climate change were not confined to the International Day of Climate Action. Several Harvard students and faculty from the Harvard Divinity School took part in a protest at Boston Common Sunday afternoon. The protest was organized by the Leadership Campaign, a group of students and other concerned citizens dedicated to pressuring politicians to adopt stronger climate legislation. The protest kick-started a “sleep-out” during which affiliates of the Campaign plan to camp out on the Common until the Copenhagen climate conference in December...
...National health authorities have been trying to contain the unusually virulent outbreak of the common disease since the first cases appeared around a week after the storm. They are distributing antibiotics to some 1.3 million people living in still-flooded areas in the capital and two nearby provinces. But last week, the country's top epidemologist sent out an "SOS" to the global health authorities. A medical mission from the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network was set to arrive in Manila today and Tuesday. WHO officials in Manila said the four-person team will...