Word: gracefulness
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...doing was offensive to some degree, but I can’t put my finger on anything fundamentally wrong with getting a laugh out of cultural differences. The problem seems to arise out of the fact that cultural differences are so closely tied to racial differences. Perhaps the saving grace of our activities is the fact that they had the best intentions—after all, how much nicer would our world be if we laughed at our differences rather than beating each other up over them? Brendan D. B. Hodge ’07, a Crimson editorial editor...
...time, “That 70’s Show” was watchable and, occasionally, very enjoyable. It launched the film careers of Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace, and, to a lesser extent, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama and Mila Kunis (Remember “American Psycho 2: All American Girl?”). And the chemistry between the cast members was one of the best on TV, even if the show verged on self-parody. But it just doesn’t have “it” any more (or, for that matter, Kutcher or Grace...
...Study. Superiors often discouraged these women from careers in science, according to the panel members. Sidney C. Wolff, the first female director of a prominent U.S. observatory, was once told that aggressiveness, a necessity for being successful in the sciences, was unattractive in women. When future NASA researcher Nancy Grace Roman asked a high school teacher if she could take an additional year of mathematics, the reaction was, “What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?” Aside from discrimination, Yale Professor of Physics C. Meg Urry struggled with the lack of role models...
...Brigham and Women’s Hospital concluded that physicians are still prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily to patients with sore throats. The study centered on the frequency of administering strep throat antibiotic to children and the frequency of testing for strep. According to one of the authors, Grace M. Lee ’93, an instructor of ambulatory care and prevention at HMS, the study is responding to the “notion that as a general community, we are hoping to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, especially for respiratory infections.” However, the study, which was published...
...Club was always small, secretive, and exclusive, with only 25 members at its peak. In The Club’s early days, most of the members had a nickname, few of which exuded the grace of the founders’ choices: “Pussy,” “Bossy Calf,” “Goat!,” and “The Lady Dodo.” There was no “punch” process; girls were informed of their “in” status and were expected...