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...lull in the discussion over rent control, Danehy asked Healy to confirm or deny the truth of a rumor that the city manager would be selected as Harvard's next president...
Still, the latest study is hardly the last word. The complex testing could only confirm the probability of Alzheimer's, not provide a definite diagnosis. In addition, many of the older residents of East Boston do not speak English as a first language, and had less than three years of schooling; this, says Larson, could have brought down their test scores. The exams may also have failed to take into account the normal decline in mental acuity that comes with aging. Asks Dr. Leonard Kurland of the Mayo Clinic: "Where do you draw the line and say this is normal...
...issue of minority and women faculty recruitment, Dean Spence, Associate Dean Mas-Collel, the Faculty Council and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) confirm their satisfaction with the status quo. By rejecting the establishment of Affirmative Action Departmental Representatives and the Standing Committee of Affirmative Action Representatives, FAS is telling department chairpersons to keep up the good work...
...speech; Raphael, in fact, took him on as a studio assistant when Giulio was not much more than ten. The grace, the spontaneity of his pen line -- rushing over the paper as though impelled by the lightest inflection of thought, quick but always controlled, strengthened by brown washes that confirm its structure -- does not always translate to the paintings and frescoes, where it seems heavier and overdetermined. But with Giulio, design and invention were inseparable, and their combination is worn so lightly that one may not realize how difficult were the problems he set for himself. How do you create...
...mentioned in other publications now and then. Our work is parsed by press critics; we get into contretemps with the powerful; we serve as filler for the growing number of gossip columns. All this is, in principle, legitimate. Those who groan reflexively when needled or critiqued simply confirm the aphorism about journalistic skins being thinner than the average American adult's. What stokes my personal I.L. is the frequency of error in these items. The venerable practice of checking ostensible facts with the story's subject seems to be declining...