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In developing his answer, Sauper provides a luminous critique of the dark face of globalization, showing how those that prepare tasty fillets for Parisian restaurants cannot afford food for themselves. The recurrent cycles of exploitation and “unnatural selection,” as the Washington Post calls them...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Fish, Planes, and Globalization | 2/13/2006 | See Source »

Many of this country'snaturally gifted scientists--its most inquisitive, observant, persistent citizens--share a handicap: they can't read yet. They also can't play with matches, focus microscopes or see over lab tables. "Children love to explore the natural world. They love to make sense out of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for a Lab-Coat Idol | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

Rodrik said that, in addition to being a talented economist, Velasco is a gifted novelist. Velasco has published two Spanish-language novels—“Vox Populi,” in 1995, and “Lugares Comunes,” in 2003.

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professor To Lead Chile’s Economy | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

If you are comprehensible without a dictionary or thesaurus, you are disappointing me. Avoid words less than four syllables in length. Frequent use of words and phrases like “reify,” “false dichotomy,” “discursive construction?...

Author: By Paul R. Katz | Title: A Big Disappointment | 1/31/2006 | See Source »

Roberto E. Martinez, 26, refuses to conform to the “nerdy scientist” stereotype, which is why the young Harvard physicist jumped at the chance to be featured on Animal Planet’s new reality TV series, “Chasing Nature.” ?...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: King of the Animal Planet | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

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