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...Thus far, an estimated 71 percent of Americans have filled out the census, the panelists said, and census counters will begin going door-to-door next week, which, according to Greg J. Nickels, the former mayor of Seattle, might cause concern among some Americans...
Tonight’s dinner hasn’t traveled very far to get to your tray—most of it is locally and sustainably grown as part of Harvard University Dining Services’ Earth Day Dinner...
...far behind as the U.S. is on gay rights, it’s still leaps and bounds beyond a lot of other countries,” he said, noting that in order to play a role in the international fight for rights, it is important to explore how to help developing countries become more accepting of gay people without imposing Western values or creating backlash in those communities...
...subsequent message threads that branch from such useful pieces of information fill up our inboxes and drive us to exasperation, leaving the useful bits few and far between. List members are left to glean the most valuable pieces from a sea of nonsense. We should not have to wade through eight different phrasings of the same question to finally find out what to do with the census form. It’s as though we are stuck in a new era of gold mining, filtering out the majority of what we see just to gratify ourselves with a pertinent prospect...
...first week of lectures to attract more students. The only real truth to be gained is the professor’s lecturing ability (a poor instructor usually can’t just conjure up superb rhetorical skills for a week). That might be something, but it’s far from the only factor that goes into taking a class. In fact, lecturing ability is far from the only factor that goes into a professor’s teaching ability. The guy may be great to listen to, but he may not grade fairly, answer his e-mail...