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...half hours after Alexandra M. Hays ’’09 is given 24 dollars and 24 hours to construct an outfit for FM’s fashion challenge, she is poking through the sea of $1.50 a pound clothing the Garment District. Hays is on a mission to find something “black and silky,” which she plans to transform into a dress with a collage of Drew Faust’s face on the back. She collects items haphazardly, but balks when she realizes that the clothes weigh more than 20 pounds...
...vaccine. Harvard has retained the right to license the vaccine’s production to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that distribute the vaccine in developing countries with per capita annual incomes of less than $1,000. According to Mekalanos, he is cooperating with Morningside to construct a new research center and conduct clinical trials in China, where the new product can be released more quickly than in Europe or the U.S. After establishing the legitimacy of the vaccine, they then hope to branch out to Europe and the U.S. Mekelanos said he plans to conduct clinical trials...
Today's fathers aren't the men their own fathers were but only if you insist that the nature of masculinity doesn't change--that it's a biological fact and not a mutable cultural construct. The new fathers are creating a new ideal of masculinity. It's not as Mad Men cool, but it is healthier. "The emerging and evolving norms of fatherhood and masculinity challenge men to be a different kind of guy," says Rochlen. "But on the positive side, it gives them new opportunity to embrace and enact these dimensions that are good for them and good...
...President had for a long time. When I said so in a newspaper column soon after, my Democratic friends were not pleased. Nor did they like the fact that I started attending meetings at the White House with the President and members of his staff about how to best construct a "faith-based initiative." Other friends of mine, however, were appointed to lead and staff the new Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the first the White House had ever seen. We brought many delegations of religious leaders - conservative, liberal, and everything in between - to meet with...
...outcome of the November election is of particular importance to Harvard because of the University’s plans to construct a new campus in Allston. The councillor who represents the Boston neighborhood will be a key negotiator on behalf of local residents...