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Cheers cascaded from the Lavietes bleachers—almost as if cued to produce a cinematic effect??as the voice of the public address announcer feebly tried to broadcast the significance of Merchant’s school-record 45-point accomplishment...
...about this point, unsympathetic readers will make the infamous “chilling effect?? argument, according to which such criticism as was directed at the department makes people throughout Harvard reluctant to express controversial views. The most infamous chiller is none other than Harvard’s president. We were chilled, people tell us, when Big Bad Larry expressed concern over anti-Semitism at elite universities earlier this year. And, while leaving the final decision up to the English department, Summers is said to have objected to Paulin’s selection in private conversations with faculty...
...which Palestinians stand on the side of the angels, which leaves the Jews right where, at an earlier time, many Christian zealots were quite happy to put them, on the side of the demons. If such a simplistic and narrative line is not “anti-Semitic in effect?? what...
...head rested on my sand pillow, my uneasiness was subdued with the surf’s after-effect??a phenomenon where the ebb and flow feel of the wave lingers with the body after it has left the water. So I reflected upon the time I just spent in the water: my satisfying swim over the smooth sand, under the radiant sun with the energetic kids. And then I remembered what a joy my first month of summer had been...
...addition to being a master of traditional Chinese medicine, Kaptchuk is also an expert on the placebo effect??the phenomenon that results in people feeling healthier simply because they believe in the medicine they are using—and has published a number of articles on the subject. Kaptchuk continues to do research on the placebo effect, in addition to speaking, attending seminars and helping to run the Osher Foundation...