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...this is a real movie, vigorously visualized from Gibbons' template, and screenwriters David Hayter and Alex Tse have brought coherence to a plot that often lurches into flashbacks within flashbacks. The section showing the mutation of mild-mannered scientist Jon Osterman (Billy Crudup) into Dr. Manhattan is a gem of lucid storytelling. Shuffling the sequence of tenses, the film shows Jon as a young man in love, a fellow scarred by a nuclear accident, a boy watching his watchmaker dad, a superhero who can change size and location at will, a middle-aged stud letting his old love slip away...
...photograph of Harvard Medical School students was offensive to anyone involved.” At the same time, he said, it was “very unfortunate” that the photograph had overshadowed the importance of collaboration between leading companies such as Pfizer and leading academic medical institutions. David J. Cameron, the Harvard Medical School spokesperson, said that he could not comment on Grassley’s request. Cameron said that he was present at the student protest last fall but did not know anything about the presence of a Pfizer representative at the time...
...there life on other planets? David Charbonneau, a Harvard associate professor of astronomy and most recent recipient of the Alan T. Waterman Award, thinks there might be. Charbonneau is currently working on a project called MEarth, which aims to detect planets that are rocky and warm enough to sustain life—previous research has focused mostly on gaseous planets, because they are usually large and easier to view. The Alan T. Waterman award is specifically targeted to young professionals, requiring that the recipient be under the age of 35, a U.S. citizen, and have had a Ph.D. for fewer...
...some 26%, however, there is no help. David Young, 58, a trucker from North Carolina, is one of them. Since a 2007 diagnosis of stage IV kidney cancer, a rare disease, Young is struggling to maintain his employer-based insurance through a COBRA program - his premiums are now $1,332 a month, which consumes most of his Social Security disability benefits of about $1,500 a month, benefits that are too high to qualify for Medicaid. "I will be honest with you," Young says. "I've got a lot of friends who are so good to my family...
...about the most serious foreign policy crisis he is facing - the deteriorating war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "It was a pretty alarming meeting," said one senior Administration official. "The President was extremely cool and in control," said another participant. "But some people, especially political aides like Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod who hadn't been briefed on the situation, walked out of that meeting stunned." The general feeling was expressed by one person who said at the very end, "Holy...