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...this case, or one like it, destined to appear on a not-too-distant docket of the U.S. Supreme Court...
...might have been a bit too hasty. Last week scientists made a powerful case that Einstein's blunder may actually have been another Nobel-worthy prediction. Using the Hubble Space Telescope to find and study a distant supernova--an exploding star-- astronomers from two rival research teams have jointly gathered the strongest evidence yet that the expansion of the universe is actually speeding up, like a rocket with its throttle wide open. And that means something is pushing...
...same should be done for concentrations. Sophomores and juniors currently make their way through concentrations without being solicited for responses, and thereby suffer (or rejoice) from their concentration in silence. Hopes and fears may go unmentioned. Are the tutors too distant? The workload more than expected? Senior tutors or mental-health professionals may get an earful from a fed-up student, but that information is not registered, and more students are condemned to fall into the same traps...
...turmoil of the past few years has made all of Harvard's success seem distant. How could the meek Crimson, a school that even this year lost at Union, ever have competed with the Michigans and Minnesotas of the world...
...chose there to enroll there the following year, just as I was about to enter Harvard. The summer before we left for Cambridge, Mike and I met several times to talk about what it would be like to leave our homes in Arizona for the gray and distant lands of Harvard and MIT. We swore to stay in touch and help each other handle the pretentious snobs we were sure we’d find...