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...identified.Like he does with many of his public addresses, Summers split the speech into three sections—or “three broad hypotheses,” as he told his audience of roughly 40 academics who had gathered for a two-day conference to study the dearth of women in science and engineering. On his sheet of notes, Summers listed the sections over three lines:• “high-powered job hypothesis,” suggesting that many women eschew time-intensive scientific careers in favor of familial obligations...
...Department job, Alito worked on highly technical legal questions, seldom held press conferences and rarely showed up in a courtroom. Alito saw the job as a chance to move back near where he grew up and be closer to his family, and he had a novel spin on his dearth of qualifications: he told a colleague the position would give him a "remedial education"?a chance to get more trial experience and focus on less specialized issues than the ones in his work in Washington. Friends saw the stirrings of a politician, someone who could size himself up against...
...much faster than newspapers is that the latter puts forth an effort to be balanced and well fact-checked, so it’s worth our time to read them and keep our eyes open for incongruities in blog coverage and for stories that might be worthwhile despite a dearth of attention. And if you’re feeling particularly inclined towards procrastination this reading period, well, why not write a blog about what you find?Matthew A. Gline ’06 is a physics concentrator in Quincy House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays...
...finals approach, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) has been actively soliciting tutors through e-mail and phone calls—so much so that some students say the number of requests they have received indicates a shortage of tutors. “There’s always a dearth of tutors,” said Sarah M. G. Otner ’06, who has tutored in psychology and statistics. John H. Jernigan ’06, another tutor, said he has had many conversations about a tutor shortage with BSC staff during weekly meetings for the Award Peer...
...adding a piercing synth sample and eye-rolling “UNH!” and “WHAT!” shout-outs to the subtle krauted-out brilliance that was “Black Tambourine.”The weirdest part is that Beck had no dearth of remixes sitting around—he’s already put out three remix EPs from “Guero,” and special-edition versions of the album had a handful of retooled tracks. Most of the best tracks on this album (Octet, Boards of Canada...