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This semester's changes represent a fraction of the improvements to come. And with your input, the Director's Task Force will find other ways to eventually serve all Harvard students. We encourage you to partake in the Task Force's remodeling of the Institute by presenting your suggestions and ideas at our meetings. We assure you that the IOP's ongoing evolution will not threaten your ability to enjoy its programs and projects. The foremost objective of this remodeling is to make the IOP more inclusive and inviting...
...just want the CD." Kopelman's goal was to make it easier to sell an item than to throw it away. He's not there yet--garbage still doesn't need to be bubble-wrapped or taken to the post office. But closing a deal at Half.com requires a fraction of the number of keystrokes that an eBay listing demands...
...while, Derwin had political aspirations. Some thought it was merely for the school board, but in 1996, he ran in a special election to replace the sheriff. He fared poorly at the polls. Four months later, he tried again and got only a fraction of the votes, losing to Sidney Dorsey, an Atlanta homicide detective who became the county's first black sheriff. The two men had a cordial relationship, but that turned when Derwin announced he was again running for sheriff. The moment television-news cameras caught jail inmates working on projects for Dorsey's wife, Derwin went...
Wilson and his team implanted sensors in the hippocampus of rats, the part of the brain that is responsible for short-term memory in both rats and humans. The team tracked the activity of a dozen to a few dozen of the neurons in the hippocampus--only a tiny fraction of the cells in that part of the brain...
...there's what the insiders are saying. Conventional wisdom on both sides is that the reason is Ariel Sharon's peace plan, unveiled last week. Sharon looks set to trounce Barak in the election on February 6, and he made clear that he would offer the Palestinians only a fraction of what had been on the table at Camp David. So, this thinking goes, Arafat realized that if he didn't throw a lifeline to Barak, he'd end up with essentially what he has now and nothing more...