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...Given the out-of-the-box success of the unusual dramas "Lost" and "Housewives," of course, you can expect next fall's new shows to include a number of risk-taking shows that break from the usual formulas and demand much of their viewers' patience and intelligence. Ha! Just kidding! Seriously, though, look for some new shows with monsters and hot 40-year-old suburban women. Or maybe hot, 40-year-old monsters...
...year, making inappropriate comments at an event attended by unassuming parental figures and family. But preventing the Class of 2005 from having a comedian, as is tradition, at its Class Day is tantamount to punishing them for the missteps of one comedian. This is unfair and unnecessary. If graduates demand a comedian, there is no reason why they should...
...Last week, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that, in order to comply with European law, Turkey must give Ocalan a new trial. Her fury is directed not only at Ocalan, whom she blames for her son's death, but also at the European institutions that demand Turkey conform to their standards as a precondition for joining the European Union. "We can't just do everything the Europeans say!" she protests. "They behave as if we are some sort of banana republic. They demean us so much. Whenever I get tired, I tell myself I am speaking...
...awful, says Professor Perry Bartlett, director of the Queensland Brain Institute, "that the desire to do something in this area is stupendous. But there are lots of people willing to satisfy that demand in a way that doesn't fit with the rigor of clinical trials or experimental data." Given the number of people being operated on by Huang, "the real tragedy," says Bartlett, "is that there may be something in it but you would never be able to decipher it. And if there isn't, then we should be able to put it to bed." Huang wasn't available...
...estimates that during his 21 years at the helm, more than 15,000 students have flocked to Sanders Theatre to hear Feldstein lecture on financial markets, aggregate demand, and macroeconomic growth...