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...researchers’ discovery—which suggests that the loss of cardiac function and accompanying tissue scarring caused by a heart attack may be reversible—will be published in the Oct. 17 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
...clear Thomas’ name, Murphy told The Crimson that Thomas will not be allowed back on the team, despite his one remaining semester of eligibility.“Even if he’s proven innocent prior to the season, it would be terribly difficult for him to function as a Harvard football player in this environment, in this fishbowl environment,” Murphy said over the summer. “If he was proven innocent, if the charges were dropped, all those things, most people wouldn’t realize it and they would assume the worst...
...personal development cannot be quantified. And when Harvard increased the space between students and professors under Eliot, it repudiated the prime function of the humanities, which is to help people live better lives. It is all very well and good to read what Montaigne says, but unless you think about what it means to you, it is all just words. We now expect students to figure out things by themselves, without the aid of an involved teacher, who can not only redirect students to texts, but guide them through those that offer the most intelligent appraisals of human experience...
...often we outsiders presume these people are in denial of their grief, or that they?re ?acting healed? too soon. For those who respond this way, normalcy is not healing itself - it?s merely a conduit to healing. Their sadness should not be measured by their ability to function. We may wish we could make a grand gesture, but getting shoes on and out the door may be testament enough...
...Western Europe is playing the function of the canary in the cage in the mineshaft,” he said. “Are we all surrounded by air of a particularly toxic source...