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...benefit analyses of alternative national policies to control pollutants. “Our primary goal is not to change policy,” Nielsen said. “Our goal is to build the scholarship.” He called for peer-reviewed, published studies on the topic to complement the existing literature. Though the researchers emphasized the long-term nature of the project, they also encouraged its immediate application. “In the short run this is really a bad problem,” said Mun Ho, a fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences. He reminded...
...Church. The music featured a traditional Ethiopian chant backed by synthesizers, strings, and African percussion instruments such as the timbale. The strings and synthesizers played Ethiopian scales, but the arrangement drew heavily on European classical music, setting up tension through suspended notes and delayed resolutions. European melodies emerged to complement the African chant, finding common ground between the two distinct systems of tonality.The video accompaniment further emphasized the common ground between the two traditions, showing parallel shots of a priest gesturing with a prayer staff and a symphony conductor waving a baton. The priest, backlit by torchlight flickering through plumes...
Stella McCartney has been designing lingerie to complement her ready-to-wear fashions since she was a student in London. At last she has introduced her first full collection of bras, chemises, briefs and bodysuits. The line ranges from $45 for briefs to $325 for a sequined chemise...
...editorial, Feb. 7). We understand that students may be discovering smaller concentrations outside the social sciences, and we applaud these adventures—though we continue to believe that no study is more important or more riveting than the study of politics! We believe that we have a complement of stellar teachers, second to none. Students agree—enrollments in our courses are high and growing. As your editorial points out, however, fewer students are electing Government as a concentration, a sign that we are not serving our most committed constituency as well as we should. That...
...writers’ older material and new musings that may make it into their next books. “There’ll possibly be some new stuff,” says Rakoff. “We try to get the balance and the mix right, so we can complement each other in ways that are interesting for the audience. We don’t want to show up dressed in the same outfit, otherwise, you know, there’ll be tears before breakfast.”Vowell went as far as to outline an ambitious presentation where...