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...Signal Success Your article "Signal Failure," on the theory of Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman that streets are actually safer without road signs, reminded me of an incident that occurred in Auckland one extremely wet weekday in winter [Feb. 25]. At 8 a.m., at the height of the rush hour, there was a major blackout that affected the entire city and lasted about four hours. All traffic lights were out. Police on point duty manned four major intersections in the CBD, and one or two others were manned for brief periods by public-minded citizens who did not mind getting...
...being unfairly punished for the sins of one man, Slobodan Milosevic, the former strongman who died in 2006 while facing war crimes charges in the Hague. And they blame the U.S. in particular for backing Kosovo Albanians drive to independence. U.S. warplanes bombed Belgrade in 1999 at the height of the campaign to stop Milosevic's "ethnic cleansing" campaign in Kosovo...
...golfer with the two-step swing, Torakichi Nakamura, introduced an enduring craze for golf to postwar Japan with his 1957 victory in the Canada Cup. Nakamura, also known as Pete, first worked on a golf course as a caddie at 14 and compensated for his height with an innovative game. By 20, he was a pro, and in 1958 he became one of the first two Japanese golfers to play in the U.S. Masters after World War II. Later in life, he coached champions such as Hisako Higuchi, the first Asian to be inducted into the World Golf Hall...
...plot near Harvard Business School on which the low-cost complex currently reside. An arts and culture complex is one of the ideas that has been put forth for the site that sits at the entrance of Harvard’s future campus. But some residents have cited building height and density in addition to Harvard’s hands-off approach as major drawbacks of the project. Although Harvard is sponsoring the redevelopment process, the University is not directly involved with the planning of the new Charlesview complex. Harvard’s Director of Community Relations for Boston Kevin...
...master.Earning a place on the Harvard Faculty is no small achievement. The gate to this exclusive preserve remains almost ineluctably locked, even to the most promising of scholars, until he has clearly distinguished himself in his respective field. By the time an academic has ascended to such a height, he has presumably amassed an incredibly broad knowledge of his subject and, most likely, attained unrivaled expertise in his specialty—whether it be Machiavelli or early American midwifery.As such, professors, if we trust the judgment of Harvard, are credible authorities in their fields and are qualified to pass...