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...being debated enshrine their beliefs as the state faith. In our era of sectarian strife, many of us shudder at the prospect of another nation blending church and state. Look what happened in Iran and Afghanistan, we think, or what might have occurred if former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke had reigned supreme in America. Yet the marches in Thailand barely broke international headlines. Did I mention? The religion that sparked the protests is Buddhism...
...third study, researchers at Duke University took data on nearly 17 million pregnant women, and found that those with migraine were about 19 times more likely to have had a stroke by the time they were discharged than those without. Stroke wasn't the only vascular condition in pregnancy to be more common among migraine sufferers. The results, presented last week at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, showed a link between migraine and everything from heart attack to preeclampsia. There was no association with non-vascular conditions, like pneumonia or post-partum infection. "This lends credibility...
...generally, no.) Gates tells kids that her own mother never went to college and regretted it. "My sister and I were the first women in our family to go to college," she says. "It was difficult for my parents to pay for it." She says she chose Duke University because it had a strong program in computers. "My husband," she reveals, "is finally getting his degree from Harvard after dropping out, which I do not recommend...
...gives Harvard a share of third place in the Ivy League. Moreover, the victory over a Dartmouth team that lost three games to top teams—No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Virginia and No. 12 Albany—by single-goal margins further legitimized a Crimson schedule considered one of the toughest in the entire country...
...Adams says of his win. He adds that the award had lost much of its prestige as it was primarily given out to “academic composers” who wrote music notated for conventional orchestrations, mostly college professors.Adams cites the fact that the Pulitzers denied Duke Ellington the award for Music as grounds for how narrow the Pulitzer Committee is in awarding the prize.RETURNING CHAMPIONNow much acclaimed, Adams will return to a much tamer campus than that of his college days to accept the Harvard Arts Medal. In addition to delivering a lecture on his life?...