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True enough, but I could be forgiven for expecting more. Bonobos are an endangered African ape found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.), the vast, sweltering river basin that is Africa's answer to the Amazon. Though they look like chimpanzees, they are a distinct species. They are slightly smaller, for one thing, the better to handle a life spent predominantly in trees. But it is the bonobos' social behavior that fascinates humans. While gorillas beat their chests and chimpanzees fight savage wars, bonobos appear to be largely animals of peace. They live communally, enjoy gender equality...
...This requisite patience in turn counsels against the fair-weather fandom that dominates the Harvard campus annually around October—that is, if the Red Sox have had a successful season. Well-intentioned and clueless Red Sox fans on campus perhaps can be forgiven for their feigned enthusiasm, for their understandable desire to imbibe the rich froth of Boston sports culture, for their all-too-human urge...
Currently, roughly 60 to 80 students, out of a class of 550, enter the public sector upon graduating. For many, the seemingly insurmountable debt accumulated from years of tuition make low-paying public-interest jobs simply untenable. Some students who enter public interest law now are forgiven of their loans after graduating, but the loan forgiveness program hardly provides explicit encouragement for this branch of law. The new program seeks to rectify that by guaranteeing a tuition-free third year—a psychological frame shift that will hopefully make a public sector career seem more manageable in terms...
...make up? This being more a Masterpiece Theatre episode than a pay-TV romp à la The Tudors, it never leaves you in doubt that noble sentiment will win out over sexual intrigue, that hanky will trump panky. The resulting melange isn't awful, but you'll be forgiven if you wait for the DVDs of The Other Boleyn Girl - this one and the TV movie - for a leisurely home-viewing to compare and contrast...
...Virginia, a series of stellar performances across the board ensured the Crimson (4-2) regained momentum.HARVARD 6, BOSTON COLLEGE 1 From a Crimson perspective, having lost its captains, having played a game earlier in the day, and coming up against a rested opponent, it would be forgiven for thinking that this derby would be a close encounter. However, Harvard dispelled all notions of fatigue by overwhelming Boston College in another emphatic victory. “The energy was fantastic,” Rueb said. “Everybody got a chance to play today, and everyone made a contribution...