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...going to be greater scrutiny, that you will be held to a higher standard, and if you do not accept that, you should not play.”***For Harvard, now is finally time for a different kind of scrutiny, the kind involving thousands of spectators on New England Saturday afternoons. If nothing else, it’s clear that the offseason has created an intense desire to return to the field.“You work out 365 days either practicing or training for only ten games,” Murphy said, adding that “those games...
...ever-optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction?a claim that has been made since that MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England...
...look down on them - so they get the boot in first. "It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him," wrote Irishman George Bernard Shaw in the preface to Pygmalion, the play that became My Fair Lady. In England, the way you say "oh" or "oo" can make you one of the gang - or the designated buffoon. We're at King Street College in west London, where Hughes, who has an M.A. from the Central School of Speech and Drama, coaches native and non-native English speakers. Janey Futerill...
...have ever known. The former Governor of Texas was electrifying, brilliant, loyal, tolerant. She was also exhausting. I am surprised Ann stopped long enough to leave this world. She loved telling stories. One of her favorites was about taking her darling grandchild Lily to see the Queen of England. Later Ann asked Lily what she remembered. "The Queen had lipstick on her teeth!" said Lily. I heard Ann tell this anecdote to masters of the universe, and they'd fall out of their chairs and start writing checks for charity. Ann, you were always the most alive person...
...study is being run by Neurosense, a consulting firm based in Oxford, England, and a leader in the fast-growing industry called neuromarketing. Neuromarketing uses neuroscience--particularly fMRI scanners--to better understand how our brain reacts to advertising, brands and products, reactions that for the most part occur subconsciously. The burgeoning ability to understand how the black box of the brain processes images and messages and reaches decisions potentially gives marketers a new tool to fine-tune ads and marketing campaigns, bolster and extend brands and design better products. "It can give valuable information that's not particularly easy...