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...Outstanding Alumna. Brooks said she felt at home at PBHA and spoke of the opportunity presented to current activist students. “This is one of those rare chances when you won’t get stomped on, and you will actually get listened to because all the grown-ups said ‘whoops,’” she said. The Reverend Peter J. Gomes was honored on behalf of the Memorial Church grants committee, which has repeatedly decided to support PBHA financially. Gomes expressed his enthusiasm for what he called “the best...
...Cable TV also has free, night-on-the-couch appeal for the cash-strapped, plus another advantage. The research firm SNL Kagan says cable TV advertising will have grown an impressive 10.7% by the end of 2008, as channels like ESPN and Lifetime continue siphoning viewers away from broadcast TV. Next year cable ad revenues will grow only 4.7%, Kagan predicts, because of the recession. But when squeezed companies slash their advertising budgets, cable has the cushion of a second revenue stream - about 50% of its cash comes from affiliate fees paid by cable operators...
...meantime, traders are dealing with price swings the best they can. Blocks of shares bought and sold have grown smaller, as traders shy from committing too much of a position at one time, lest they pass up a better price later. As margin calls and redemptions from mutual and hedge funds drive trading particularly wild in the opening and closing minutes of most sessions, algorithm-based traders are rewriting programs to squeeze their moves into increasingly narrow bands of time. "It may be good, it may be bad, but I don't thank any of us can stop it," said...
Since 2004, HSCI has grown into a powerhouse in the fledgling field of embryonic stem cell research. Tapping Harvard’s unrivaled financial resources, the director of HSCI has also provided leadership for stem cell researchers across the country, notably by making dozens of cell lines freely available for others...
After turning 14 I decided that I was entirely too grown-up to watch any movie that included coming-of-age themes, magical wonderlands, or a message about the true value of love. Persuaded by superstars such as Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and Queen Latifah, however, I finally decided to break my own rule and see “The Secret Life of Bees,” the new movie based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. Fortunately, the characters in the movie subtly and skillfully explore these juvenile themes but without the unnecessary...