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...unscripted film, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Baron Cohen takes his interactions with real people and strings them into a plot: a mockumentary about American culture gets sidetracked by a cross-country quest to meet and "make sexy time" with Pamela Anderson. Along the way, the hidden cameras capture a Southern dinner party's dismay with Borat's bathroom habits, and the guests' reaction on the arrival of his date--a black hooker. All the marks are unaware they're being fooled, which is hard to believe, especially when a gun dealer responds...
...outstripped a 2.7% gain in donations to all charities, and the near record pace of giving to the biggest nonprofits appears to be holding this year. About a quarter of last year's largesse went to just 10 charitable groups, including United Way, the Salvation Army and the Red Cross...
...field is very broad. An orthopedic surgeon can spend his or her day casting babies' club feet, sewing an artery whose cross section is smaller than the dot on this i or hammering a foot long chunk of steel into someone's thigh bone with a (sterile) five pound maul - all in the name of good will toward man. Our patients generally get better and the uniquely orthopedic interaction of science and humanity makes for a great richness of experience in our everyday lives. Ask any doc - ortho is fun. And while not much of a relativist, I can imagine...
...with the University’s professional schools. Harvard’s research and scholarship add invaluably to the greater knowledge, skills, and decision-making of mankind, but in many cases individual departments and schools can accomplish more through interdisciplinary efforts. Already, we see some fruits of efforts to cross-pollinate the University. The Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the growing Broad Institute for genomics research, and the Harvard Initiative for Global Health have already begun to (or soon will) provide a forum for development and exchange that no pre-existing entity can provide. But finding such organizations requires convincing...
...Martin Carver is one of the founding fathers of medieval archeology,” said McCormick, “This is the very beginning.” Carver, a self-proclaimed “roving digger,” said he is fascinated by the unusual site and its cross-disciplinary appeal. “My dream was to make of the Middle Ages what has so successfully made of the Classics,” he said. “I like the idea of the people being what we focus...