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...blends together old-school academia and new-school pop culture, invoking Socrates, Herman Melville and Snoop Dogg to advocate critical examination first of one self, and eventually of one’s government...
...shortfall in some of the numbers arises from the careful planning and coordination of the program’s activities according to Robin Herman, HSPH spokeswoman. She said there were time-consuming negotiations on logistics among HSPH, the U.S. government and the three other grant recipients—Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Catholic Relief Services and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation—before the program could operate at full capacity...
...Fort Worth, Texas--block entry into cubicles, effectively saying "Busy" to would-be interlopers. In 2003 the company sold 1,500 "doors," which cost $30 each. Sales are up 300% this year. New on the market last year: the Quiet Technology sound-masking system from office-furniture maker Herman Miller. Designed for open-layout work environments, the system renders speech beyond a 12-ft. to 16-ft. radius unintelligible with "pink noise" technology embedded in the furniture. To a user, it sounds like gentle whooshing. What it does is match the frequencies of human speech to make colleagues' chatter less...
...ailing Liss in the Bronx's Riverdale section. Liss died in May, and the PBS telecast is dedicated to "the life and laughter of Elliott Liss." Much as the boys came up with some of the money a few years ago for Los Angeles--based actor and screenwriter John Herman (Heshy) Shaner to produce his new play, so they rallied this time to contribute money toward a New York City playground in Liss's name...
...heroic acts in Vietnam cannot be overlooked in our current state of war. Who is President Bush to ask American troops to go abroad and fight when he was disinclined to do so himself? Only someone who knows what war entails can determine if war is truly necessary. MATTHEW HERMAN Westport, Conn...