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What woke my patient that Friday was simply his mind, forcing its way through a broken brain, a father's final act to comfort his family. The mind is a uniquely personal domain of thought, dreams and countless other things, like the will, faith and hope. These fine things are as real as rocks and water but, like the mind, weightless and invisible, maybe even timeless. Material science shies from these things, calling them epiphenomena, programs running on a computer, tunes on a piano. This understanding can't be ignored; not too much seems to get done on earth without...
Could such a "great drain" happen again, sucking liquidity out of the international financial system? Many experts would dismiss the idea as mere doom mongering. A full-scale war, they say, is one of those "10-sigma" (10 standard deviation) events that are so rare they lie outside the domain of risk management. Like an asteroid hitting the earth or a global influenza pandemic, a really big war belongs in the realm of uncertainty. You just can't price...
...level—about 45 kilowatts, according to the EAC report—to under 41 kilowatts. And then, there’s Allston. The Allston campus—which will nearly double Harvard’s current size—won’t lie entirely within the domain of FAS. And the University has committed to environmental sustainability across the River. Still, according to EAC co-chair Jake C. Levine ’06-’07, “most of the buildings over there are going to be science buildings. Those types of buildings, especially...
...Down A plaintive world-weary ballad, with the end close but the singer is ready for what comes. The beauty of the lyrics and of the song belie the inevitable, and evoke hope through the bond of a shared mortality and love shared : “In this earthly domain full of disappointment and pain/ You’ll never see me frown./ I give my heart to you, and that’s saying it true,/ And I’ll be with you when the deal goes down...
...Tuesday it appeared as if Prime Minister Qarase might be able to defy his nemesis Bainimarama. Holed up in his official residence in the suburb of Domain in the hills above the capital of Suva, Qarase seemed undaunted as he conducted media interviews and gave orders to his cabinet by cell phone. But by late afternoon, Bainimarama had named himself as president and declared he had taken control of the government...