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Over the next year and a half, Carter worked with Simon & Schuster to further hone her manuscript and started her freshman year at Harvard in the meantime...

Author: By Julie M Zauzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Budding Freshman Author Aims to Inspire | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...which Cavanagh relates to disassembling an Xbox to figure out what’s going on inside, the Vision Sciences Laboratory conducts tests on individual subjects in order to ascertain when and how their powers of perception fall short. By presenting subjects with pictures, actions, and events, the researchers hone in—be it through brain scanning or more simple tests of visual judgments—on perceptual errors, and induce the workings of the brain...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Painting Perception | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...even with changes in structure and a couple new studio tricks, the songs on “Transference” succeed first and foremost because they are Spoon songs: crisp, tightly crafted, and catchy. Already with an unfathomable five great albums under their belt, the band continues to hone and perfect. “Who Makes Your Money” is the sleek slow-burner Daniel has been trying to write for years, with its midway shift from bass to guitar creating the album’s sublime peak. Even the least thrilling tracks on “Transference?...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spoon | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

Earlier in the day, the delegates split up into small groups to hone in on key recommendations from the December session. The delegates were then divided into action-specific groups­—focusing on areas such as energy waste, solar power, forestry, and accounting methods—to brainstorm further steps Cambridge residents could take...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Citizens Debate Climate Plans | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...surprising that virtually all of the country's top executives were educated in the same institutions as those who have long dominated French politics: France's exclusive grandes écoles. These polytechnic, administrative and business graduate schools not only hone the intellectual mettle of the students they accept but also help them create the networks they'll need to rise to the highest circles of power. The problem is that the seats at these schools tend to go to the children of the élite, ensuring that power stays in the upper class - even in the same families - from generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Boardrooms: Little Diversity at the Top | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

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