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...Harvard study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that mercury-containing tooth fillings—known as amalgams—do not have adverse affects on a child’s neuropsychological and kidney functions. The study, published Wednesday, was met with criticism as physicians at other institutions decried the “outrageous human experiment on indigent and orphaned children,” according to a press release from the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). “What they did is flat out wrong. Harvard is high quality. This...
...mean one thing: studios are ashamed of the rubbish they’re foisting off as entertainment. Just not ashamed enough to stop filming. It’s likely that the studios hope to bilk a few extra dollars from unsuspecting moviegoers by evading the press; by the time critics are able to turn their acid pens on Hollywood’s latest trash, the damage to film fans’ wallets will already be done. Critics lose. Moviegoers lose. Studios win…maybe. Savvy cineastes already know that films withheld from critics are usually terrible, and avoid them...
...real threat to banks, say Wal-Mart supporters, is that the company might someday attack the financial industry's juicy fee structure. Even a critic like Jorde concedes that if Wal-Mart were to offer savings accounts and consumer loans at its usual rock-bottom prices, "the cost of banking services would decline, and consumers would say, 'This is great.'" Wal-Mart would also be in a good position to reach the 10 million households in the U.S. that don't use a bank account, says John Caskey, a professor of economics at Swarthmore and expert on the "unbanked...
...been a good year for J. Lorand Matory ’82, a professor of African and African-American studies. Over the last year he has received national media attention as a leading critic of University President Lawrence H. Summers, released two well-received books, and this past weekend garnered the faculty award at the “Tribute to Black Men” sponsored by the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW). Matory entered the spotlight early last year when he wrote a motion stating that “the Faculty lacks confidence in the leadership of Lawrence...
...that provides sanctuary to terrorists like al-Zarqawi and a civil war that could draw in neighboring countries like Syria and Iran. "We cannot walk away from this one," says retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni, a former head of U.S. forces in the Middle East and a leading critic of the Administration's handling of Iraq. "It would be a colossal failure if we fail to deliver on this...